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PennDOT releases long-range plan for transportation project investments
Melina Druga · Transportation Today
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently released its 2045 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), establishing the priorities and critical transportation strategies that will guide project investments…
Why Mobility as a Service Is Shaping the Future of Transportation
Government Technology
As municipalities emerge from shutdowns, slowdowns and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the transportation sector’s role in supporting the recovery is becoming more apparent…
Smithfield project deserves city funds, attention
Editorial Board · Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It’s an essential project that will address one of the last remaining major Downtown corridors that feels dated and ignored. On Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) and the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) held a virtual public meeting to discuss plans to revamp Smithfield Street…
Pittsburgh’s 800 city steps bring joy to the people who discover them
Kristy Locklin · NEXT Pittsburgh
When the weather warms up, step outside! Pittsburgh has more than 800 city staircases (depending on who is doing the counting), the most in the U.S…
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…
