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Transit Vote 2016: Atlanta May Finally Expand MARTA and Beef Up Bus Service

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2016 | 4 Comments

We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Atlanta. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, and Detroit. Back in the 1970s, both Atlanta and Washington, D.C., received federal grants to build rail networks. After finishing the first wave of Metro construction, D.C. continued to invest, […]

Transit Vote 2016: With Historic Decision, Detroit Could Heal Old Divides

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 19, 2016 | No Comments

We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Detroit. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis and Seattle The four-county transit ballot measure before voters in Southeast Michigan this November is truly historic. It took 40 years and 23 failed attempts for Detroit and its suburbs to establish a […]

Transit Vote 2016: Seattle’s Huge, Imperfect Transit Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 17, 2016 | 11 Comments

We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Seattle. The first installment of this series examined Indianapolis. The transit expansion plan on the ballot in Seattle this November is a big one. Known as ST3, the proposal calls for a 62-mile expansion of grade-separated light rail extending […]

This Tiny Roadside Refuge in Silver Spring Is Your Sorriest Bus Stop, America

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 8, 2016 | 12 Comments

The people have spoken, and the winner of Streetsblog’s 2016 Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament is this beauty on Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland. In terms of pure danger, it’s hard to top this tiny refuge next to a state highway with no crossing to protect pedestrians from speeding traffic. The last match in the 16-entry tourney was a bit of […]

It’s KC vs. Silver Spring in the Final Round of America’s Sorriest Bus Stop

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 4, 2016 | 17 Comments

This is it, folks — the championship round of Streetsblog’s Sorriest Bus Stop tournament. Each of the 16 bus stops that competed this year — and the agencies who oversee them — deserved a thorough shaming. No transit rider should ever have to wait in the rain for a bus with no posted schedule, or walk in a ditch along […]

America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Silver Spring vs. Boston

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 2, 2016 | 14 Comments

The competition to be named America’s Sorriest Bus Stop started out with 16 ghastly contenders, and your votes have whittled the field down to four disasters for transit riders. Yesterday voting began in the first semi-final match — Kansas City is currently ahead of Broomfield for a spot in the championship round, and with the polls open until midnight it could go […]

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