Aaron Short
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Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses
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The Missouri metropolis is set to provide free bus service for residents but state and local governments take more steps to ensure transit thrives in the region.
Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking
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Lawmakers in the Rose City have mandated that big developers provide space for residents to store their bicycles.
Rural America Cashes In Under Trump
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It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.
Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Are for Cars, Not Bikes
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We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
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The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
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Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet, U.N. Report Says
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They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!
The Federal Government Is Doing Nothing On AVs
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Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
Lessons From Seattle’s Anti-Driving Crusade
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Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.
Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit
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Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
Scooters are Thriving In Santa Monica: Report
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Santa Monica residents are voting with their little motorized wheels.
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
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Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.