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Nashville Media Getting Played by Transit-Bashing Hired Guns
Real transit experts, meanwhile, consider Nashville's ambitious plan to expand bus and rail service to be top-notch.
January 3, 2018
Seattle Adds People Without Adding Traffic
Seattle is showing other American cities how transit can help a growing population get around without an increase in car traffic.
December 18, 2017
Boston Tests Faster Bus Service Simply By Laying Out Orange Cones
The same low-cost approach that cities have used to quickly reallocate street space to walking and biking can also be used to try out transit improvements.
December 12, 2017
Rotterdam: A Post-War Central City Moves Beyond the Automobile
Even though much of central Rotterdam was built during the era of mass motoring, the city is taking major steps to shift away from cars and toward transit, biking, and walking.
December 11, 2017
After Harvey, Houston Leaders Look to Rebuild Around Transit
The recovery effort needs to ensure that Houston will be better prepared for future extreme weather events.
December 11, 2017
London Cycling Works: How Savvy Campaigning Got 180 Employers to Support Bike Lanes
In 2014, there was an intense bikelash in London in reaction to groundbreaking, high-quality protected bike lanes in the city center. London CyclingWorks played a critical role in countering this pushback, gathering endorsements of the new bike infrastructure from a wide range of businesses in central London.
December 6, 2017
London Traffic Would Be At Least 20 Percent Slower Without Congestion Pricing
The number of automobiles entering London’s center each day has plunged by 44 percent since the start of congestion charging, even as the total number of people entering grew 23 percent.
December 5, 2017
How Toronto Put Transit Riders First on King Street
By deflecting private car traffic away from King Street, Toronto opened up new possibilities for faster, safer transit design.
December 5, 2017
Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk
You’ve heard of the sneckdown — now meet the "leafdown."
December 1, 2017
London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes
London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.
November 29, 2017