Transportation

BART Squeezing Every Inch of Capacity While Waiting for Reinforcements

BART expanded service in September in a display of the lost art of making the most of what they've got.

October 9, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

Transportation Formula: Increase Gas Tax, Then Fix Roads and Bridges

The Idaho Department of Transportation wasted no time in doing what they promised after the legislature passed a seven-cents gas tax and registration fee increase in April: repairing roads and bridges with the new funds the state split with cities.

October 9, 2015 - KTVB

Road Diet in the Works

Road Diets Are Cheap, Easy, and Critical to Safety

The tragedy on Livingston Avenue could have been avoided, but the city of New Brunswick's concern was with motorists—not pedestrians.

October 9, 2015 - CityLab

Swedish Bikes

Comparing How People in 12 Global Cities Ride Their Bikes

The workout-tracking app Strava provided generous access to its data to allow a compare and contrast exercise in how people ride bikes in 12 of the most famous cities in the world.

October 9, 2015 - Vox

Metro Expansion Map

D.C. Metro's Mea Culpa: Bad Service Responsible for Declining Ridership

While cities like New York and San Francisco's transit systems are bursting at the seams, D.C. Metro's rail system lost 5 percent of its ridership between 2010 and 2015. This week Metro acknowledged some of its fault in that trend.

October 8, 2015 - The Washington Post

Ambitious Subway Agenda Endorsed by Transportation Secretary Foxx

When San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener proclaimed last month that his city "should always have a subway under construction," there were many doubters due to the funds required and unlikelihood of federal support. "Aggressive" is good, says Foxx.

October 8, 2015 - San Francisco Examiner

From Taxi Industry Disrupter to Auto Industry Disrupter

Car ownership is far from "a thing of the past," as Uber's CEO plans on making it, but a new survey shows that a substantial number of people who have tried transportation network companies are forgoing the purchase of a car.

October 8, 2015 - Los Angeles Times - Technology Now

The Salt Lake City Recipe: Remove Parking, Add Bike Lanes, Watch Sales Increase

A new study of the benefits of a bike lane project in Salt Lake City adds to the body of work suggesting that complete streets overhauls are a good investment for both the public and the private sectors.

October 7, 2015 - People for Bikes

Seattle Bikeshare Going Public

The city of Seattle is considering a significant public investment in its bikeshare system, treading where some cities have feared to tread.

October 7, 2015 - The Urbanist

Report Grades California's Rail Stations on Neighborhood Service

A report by Next 10 takes the form of a scorecard for six light and heavy rail networks. Rail that serves existing urbanized areas scored the highest.

October 7, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

Seattle Transit

Major Transit Service Improvements in Seattle

Late last month, the final phase of Seattle's Prop. 1 went into effect, bringing across-the-board improvements to bus and train frequency.

October 7, 2015 - Seattle Transit Blog

Self-Driving Buses Coming in 2016 to an Office Park in San Ramon, California

The self-driving future is coming sooner than you might have expected—to a suburban office park in California's Bay Area.

October 6, 2015 - San Jose Mercury News - Silicon Beat

Will the Tesla Model X Become the First Mainstream Electric Car?

What will it take for the electric car to become practical and economically feasible for the masses?

October 6, 2015 - Fast Company

Lakefront Location Considered for New Intermodal Station in Cleveland

An intermodal transit station could be coming to the Cleveland lakefront, in an effort to connect a downtown and a lakefront severed by multiple rail lines.

October 6, 2015 - Cleveland Plain Dealer

First West Coast LNG Export Facility Gets Critical Federal OK

On Sept. 30, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the final environmental impact statement for a contentious $7.5 billion Liquefied Natural Gas export facility, pipeline, and power plant in Coos Bay, Ore. More approvals are still needed.

October 6, 2015 - Portland Business Journal

The Dallas City Councilmember Standing Up for Pedestrians

A hearing on pedestrian infrastructure in Dallas—which is proving exceptionally deadly this year—reveals the sharp political divide on how to make streets safe for walking.

October 5, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

America's Second Protected Intersection Now Open

The first protected intersection opened in August in Davis, Calif., a university town with the nation's highest percentage of bike commuters. Salt Lake City's new protected intersection is explained on NPR's "Here & Now" report with audio and videos.

October 5, 2015 - WBUR

5 Tips for Analyzing Transit Service

Esri offers insights into five new ways to analyze the success of transit service in cities of all kinds.

October 5, 2015 - ESRI

Road Diet

Reaching Vision Zero: Road Diets and Wider Lanes?

Slowing traffic by reducing the width of lanes should not be a one-size fits all approach to reaching Vision Zero.

October 5, 2015 - The Urbanist

Bike Commuting

How Commutes Influence Happiness, Health

More evidence is piling up that commuting by anything but private automobile can increase happiness, social capital, and health.

October 5, 2015 - Gizmodo

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