Dallas Council Members Say Bus Network Overhaul Can’t Wait
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Dallas's winding, confusing bus routes are ripe for rethinking, and the City Council wants to act fast.
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Caving to Resentment Politics, Oregon Enacts a Bike Tax
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Congrats to Oregon on its preposterous bike tax that accomplishes no discernible transportation goal except dampening demand for new bicycles.
What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
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A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
An All-Too-Rare Idea to Improve Transit: Put People Who Ride Transit in Charge
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It’s hard to improve transit if the people who oversee policy don’t know what makes for good service. And yet, agency boards are often dominated by political hacks with little or no transit expertise -- many don’t even know what it’s like to ride the bus or the train. Dallas is trying something different.
You Can’t Have Family-Friendly Cities Without Kid-Friendly Streets
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More American cities are making room for people to live in downtown areas — even smaller cities like Tucson, Cleveland and Fort Wayne, Indiana. But generally the target demographics are young singles and empty nesters. A lot of cities assume that all parents who can move to the suburbs will do so. Writer Darin Givens, who lives with his wife […]
Portland Has a Plan to Do for Buses What It Did for Cycling
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Portland officials are developing a plan for a network of "Enhanced Transit Corridors," carving out space in the street for buses so vehicles with 30 passengers aren't stuck in a quagmire of vehicles carrying just one.