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Pittsburgh receiving $1.76 million from state Multimodal Transportation Fund for new link in pedestrian, bike trail
Julia Felton • TRIB Live
Pittsburgh has received $1.76 million from the state to establish a pedestrian and bicycle path linking the city’s Hazelwood and Greenfield neighborhoods with the job centers in Oakland and elsewhere…
States Can Spend $6.4 Billion of Infrastructure Fund to Limit Carbon
Katy Stech Ferek • The Wall Street Journal
Electric-vehicle charging stations, bike trails, energy-efficient streetlights and other projects included in transportation guidelines…
The Rise of Brand-New Secondhand EVs
Aarian Marshall • WIRED
The global chip shortage has triggered a surge in demand for prized, pricey used electric vehicles. It’s only just beginning…
Allegheny County gets cut of $2.1 million in state grants for electric vehicles
Kiley Koscinski • 90.5 WESA
Allegheny County’s electric vehicle fleet is growing. The county will soon have four electric pickup trucks and 10 electric cars…
Report: Diesel truck emissions in NYC affect people of color more
Alyssa Sporrer • FrieghtWaves
Demographic exposed to 17% more particulate matter…
Opinion: As prices rise, Pittsburgh needs a transportation policy for everyone
Dawn Plummer • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In response to rising gas prices and their effect on those with lower incomes, many cities and states have rolled out new programs to help riders pay for transportation costs…
Pittsburgh area to receive $84.8M in federal funding for public transit
Nate Doughty ⋅ Pittsburgh Business Times
The Pittsburgh area is set to receive more than $84 million in funding for public transportation projects as part of a statewide effort that will infuse $617.5 million in federal funds for infrastructure upgrades and new projects in rural and urban settings…
Stop messing around and pass bike safety bill
Editorial Board ⋅ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Few things get Pittsburghers excited or exercised than bike lanes. But the common sense bike lane legislation being considered by the state Senate Transportation Committee, H.B. 140, should cut through the contention…
Switching To Electric Vehicles Could Save More Than 100,000 Lives, Study Finds
Jaime Hailstone ⋅ Forbes
Moving to zero-emission vehicles and energy could help prevent up to 110,000 deaths in the United States, according to a new report…
Under federal rules, ‘significant progress’ on infrastructure can mean more road deaths and decrepit bridges
Ian Duncan ⋅ The Washington Post
A system to measure state performance is supposed to deliver accountability, but it doesn’t require them to do better…
