Bus October 2022

OPINION: To Defeat the New Electric Dodge Muscle Cars, Amp Up Sound Cameras

Meet the new electric Dodge; same as the old gasoline-powered Dodge? Like all automobile manufacturers, Dodge — maker of “muscle” cars including the Charger, Challenger and Durango — has had to transmute to the new reality of an American market that is shifting from noisy, emission-belching, gasoline-powered vehicles to quieter, less-polluting[...]

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Bus October 2022

Thursdays Headlines Want Better Transit

Due in large part to its decentralized government and partisan divide, the U.S. has one of the worst public transportation systems in the ripened world, and it’s unlikely to get much better. (Investment Monitor) U.S. transit projects protract to suffer from upper financing and delays compared to other countries. (Eno Center[...]

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Bus October 2022

Study: Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Fail At Deadliest Crash Speeds

The will-less emergency braking systems that will soon come standard on nearly all new cars don’t reliably prevent crashes at the higher speeds at which the overwhelming majority of roadway deaths occur, a new study finds — and pedestrian-specific braking systems need remoter scrutiny, too. Researchers from the American Automobile Association put[...]

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Bus October 2022

Talking Headways Podcast: Funding Transportation in South Florida

This week, Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart talks well-nigh Broward County, its connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, sea-level rise and the effects of the pandemic. For those of you who prefer to read rather than listen, trammels out the edited highlights unelevated the[...]

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Bus October 2022

Fridays Headlines Are Big and Scary

The Inflation Reduction Act squandered an opportunity to reduce Americans’ dependence on cars and shortchanged issues like transit and land use that contribute to climate change. (Metropolis) Autonomous vehicles could help vulnerable communities or reinforce inequality, depending on if and how they’re regulated. (Route Fifty) Meet the latest behemoth truck: Ford’s Super[...]

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Bus October 2022

Not All Roundabouts are Created Equal When it Comes to Bicycle Safety

Editor’s note: This vendible was written in response to our coverage of National Roundabouts Week 2022. Read the other wares in the series here.  As roundabouts subtract traffic deaths for drivers, some designs of the controversial traffic treatment may unquestionably increase collisions for people on bikes while scaring others off riding entirely, a series[...]

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Bus October 2022

Mondays Headlines Didnt Write Themselves

The Federal Highway Administration has now tried all 50 states’ plans for installing networks of electric vehicle chargers. (Smart Cities Dive) GM-owned Cruise is planning to unleash 5,000 increasingly voluntary vehicles despite warnings from San Francisco that they’re dangerous (CNN). Meanwhile, watch out, Texas: Driverless Lyfts are now misogynist in Austin[...]

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Bus October 2022

Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show

When New York Municipality proposed installing a protected velocipede lane on Skillman Thoroughfare in Queens in 2017, the impact it would have on local businesses was unrepealable — at least equal to the plan’s critics. A devastating loss of customers. Revenue falling by 20 percent. Beloved shops forced to tropical their[...]

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Bus October 2022

DC May Soon Give Every Resident $100 Per Month For Transit, Improve Service

Editor’s note: This vendible originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished with permission. DC Steering took a step toward putting $100 per month on District residents’ SmarTrip cards Monday as the Committee on Transportation and the Environment voted unanimously in favor of the Metro for DC Amendment Act of 2021. The[...]

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Bus September 2022

Tuesdays Headlines CARE a Lot

The CARES Act, CARES II and the American Rescue Plan Act pumped $70 billion into U.S. transit agencies who struggled when farebox revenues declined by half during the pandemic. But the money wasn’t distributed evenly, with smaller agencies getting a worthier share— and now it’s starting to running out. (Eno[...]

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Bus September 2022

Study: Downtown Congestion is Still Down �And It Could Help Explain Roadway Dangers

Downtown rush hour has still not roared when to pre-pandemic levels plane as car travel surges in the suburbs, a new study finds — and it may help explain why traffic deaths have stayed so stubbornly upper in U.S. communities. According to the transportation analytics firm Streetlight, the number of motorists[...]

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Bus September 2022

Streetfilms: Paris Kicks New Yorks Ass as a Biking Capital

People have been visiting Paris for centuries for the food, the wine, the museums, the cheese and plane the snails, but when New Yorkers throne to the Municipality of Light these days, all they see are the velocipede lanes. That’s what a half-dozen envious Gothamites told Streetfilms upon their return from[...]

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