What We’re Reading: Bailout Transit, PDX Open Streets, and London’s Train Daddy
Bailout transit: Amtrak needs more than $1 billion from the federal government to cover costs associated with the pandemic. Local transit agencies across the...
What We’re Reading: Grand Bike Plan, One Track Mind, and Plastic Straws
Rapidly urbanizing Seattle: Census data indicates that Seattle has grown by 116,000 since 2010.
Overpromising benefits: Tax preferences in "Opportunity Zones" probably won't have the...
What We’re Reading: Climate’s on the Agenda, Crossing the Locks, and VMT Fee
Climate's on the agenda: President Joe Biden has pledged a 50% cut in carbon emissions by 2030 ($). China and the United States have...
What We’re Reading: More Ferry Trips, Big Payoff, and Off-Road
More ferry trips: Washington State Ferries is restoring service to pre-pandemic levels on some ferry routes.
Heroes: Some postal workers in Washington are defying orders...
What We’re Reading: Protecting Washington Renters, Farmers Markets Return, and Census Delayed
Transit operator wellbeing: The first King County Metro bus operator has died of COVID-19 ($). Transit operators across the country are demanding safer working conditions.
Protecting Washington Renters: Washington...
What We’re Reading: Parking Craters, RAISE, and No Loos
Parking craters: America just celebrated Black Friday, so how well were the seas of parking used?
Atlanta's segregationist enclave: A white enclave in Atlanta has...
What We’re Reading: Shiny Objects and Micro Palaces
Just the facts: Streetsblog discusses HOT lanes and if they really work for transit, it appears they can be a blessing and curse, but...
What We’re Reading: Showing Off Because They Can
Arrogance of space: Latvians take the whole arrogance of space thing seriously by biking around and showing how wasted space is by cars.
Fair share...