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Equitable Road Pricing: Portland Peak-Hour Drivers Are The Wealthiest Commuters (City Observatory) License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines and Fees Hit America’s Car-Dependent Poor Hardest (Slate) CityLab Looks at Larry Hogan’s Highway Building Bonanza and Comes Away Unimpressed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Reverses Course, Finds $13 Million to Prevent Bus, Rail Cuts (Herald) Meanwhile: Miami-Dade Commissioners […]

Surprise! Private Financing, Cornerstone of Infrastructure “Plan,” No Longer Interests Trump (WaPo) America Gets an “F” on Making Walkable Cities and Towns (Fast Company) PlanPhilly Finds Mayor Jim Kenney Isn’t Keeping His Promise to Build 30 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Hampton Roads Transit Proposes More Service on Key Bus Routes, But There’s No Funding […]

D Magazine on Angela Hunt, Former Dallas City Councilwoman Who Killed Toll Highway Larry Hogan Rushes Into Highway Expansion Plan, Will Not Cure Congestion (WAMU) Seattle Wants to Connect Two Streetcar Segments, But Does the Math Add Up? (Seattle Times) Santa Monica Mayor on How His City Got Rid of Downtown Parking Minimums (LA Times) […]

Pelosi: Dems Could Work With Trump on Infrastructure Next If He Keeps Word on DACA (Fox News) New Yorker Looks at the Damage Cars Cause, Including to Drivers Who Unintentionally Kill Others Baltimore Latest City to Worry If It’s Bike-Friendly Enough for Amazon (Sun) Related: Baltimore Sun Columnist Takes Larry Hogan to Task for Massive […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Wants to Spend $9 Billion Widening Highways (WBAL) Bucking National Trends, Cycling and Transit Ridership Both Growing in Pittsburgh (BikePGH) A Detroit News Station Asks: Is Ann Arbor Doing Too Much to Protect Pedestrians? (Click on Detroit) U.K. Stiffens Penalties for Cyclists Who Kill Pedestrians: Will Face Up to 14 Years […]

A Month After Harvey, Texas Tribune Finds Low-Income Houstonians Stranded Without Cars Advocates Are Wary of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s Slow Pace on Transportation (CityLab) DC Council Member Wants Review of “Speed Trap” Cams: With Friends Like These… (WaPo, Fox 5) Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s Transit Cuts Almost Derail Budget (Miami Herald) Without Federal Funding, […]