Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’
| | No Comments
A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Pennsylvania
What If All Your Shared Transportation Trips Were Free For A Year?
| | No Comments
An innovative new pilot will give Pittsburgh residents free rides on all the shared transportation networks their city has to offer — and, possibly for the first time in the history of "universal basic mobility" pilots, they'll be able to access them all on a single platform.
FOCUS ON PENNSYLVANIA: First, Build Philly's Roosevelt Blvd. Line Now!
| | No Comments
In this two part focus on issues related to the Keystone State, we look (here) at efforts to build a long-proposed subway line to Northeast Philadelphia and (below) efforts to make Harrisburg's State Street safer for all users.
...And Let's Make Harrisburg's State Street Safer
| | No Comments
In our second Pennsylvania piece today, we look at how the new mayor of Harrisburg has stalled an effort to redesign one of the most dangerous streets in the state amid — you guessed it — complaints about lost parking spaces.
When Road Diets Get Rolled Back, Part II: Pushback in Philadelphia
| | No Comments
When should transportation leaders stop and listen to community members who resist road safety projects — and when should they carry on with plans to calm dangerous streets?
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy
| | No Comments
The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, which continues to allow states to prioritize building new capacity for drivers over repairing existing stuff.