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Pennsylvania updates 12-Year Program to identify, prioritize transportation projects
Melina Druga • Transportation Today
The Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission (STC) recently updated the 12-Year Program, a multimodal, fiscally constrained planning tool used to identify and prioritize transportation projects and the funding needed to complete them…
A Pa. House committee killed oil and gas regulations. Now half a billion dollars of federal funding is at risk.
Ethan Dodd • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A state House committee chaired by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, rejected a much-delayed emissions regulation this month, possibly jeopardizing over half a billion dollars in federal highway funds Pennsylvania could use to maintain its deficient roads and bridges…
Pittsburgh tests program to provide free transportation for lower-income residents
Kiley Koscinski • 90.5 WESA
Pittsburgh is launching a pilot program that will provide 50 city residents with free access to public transportation and other alternate means of transportation for one year…
The Long Road to Mass EV Adoption
Jarod Facundo • The American Prospect
A new tax credit of $4,000 for used electric vehicles could give people a boost toward buying a zero-emissions car. But there are still a lot of hurdles…
How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions
Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer • The New York Times
A major climate and energy package passed by Congress on Friday would put the United States much closer to its goal of cutting global warming pollution in half by 2030, several independent analyses have concluded…
The Climate Bill Isn’t Perfect, but It’s Still a Major Victory
Jody Freeman • The New York Times
In an ideal world, the climate provisions approved by Congress this week as part of the Inflation Reduction Act would directly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and discourage the use of fossil fuels…
Transit Is Seeing More Cyber Threats, Many Agencies Aren’t Ready
Skip Descant Government • Technology
With technology advancements in public transit comes more concerns around cybersecurity. And agencies need to place security and technical expertise at the height of the management food chain, often in the form of a chief information security officer…
Pittsburgh to get $11.3 million federal grant to rebuild Hill District streets
Ed Blazina • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The federal Department of Transportation has awarded Pittsburgh an $11.3 million grant for the Hill District that will allow the city to rebuild Centre Avenue through the business district and upgrade other streets in the neighborhood…
One Year In: Biden’s Executive Order on Clean Cars & Trucks
Britt Carmon • NRDC
On this date a year ago, President Biden signed his Executive Order on “Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks”, reaffirming his commitment to reinstate strong clean car standards and take strong steps to address the country’s leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the transportation sector…
Together, EVs, AVs and multimodal transportation will create more vibrant cities
Andy Cohen • Smart Cities Dive
Gas stations, subway stations, parking garages and roads are among the city features we can reimagine as new mobility technologies change how we get from point A to point B…
How the pandemic has reshaped micromobility investments
Kersten Heineke • McKinsey Report
After a one-year slowdown in 2020, capital is again flowing to micromobility. But the latest data show that new regions, vehicles, and investor types now dominate…
Buy an Electric Car, Save the Planet? Not Quite
Tyler Cowen • Bloomberg
It is good to see legislative progress in addressing the effects of climate change. But in some ways the proposal falls short. In particular, subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles may not be the best way to address global climate change…
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