Angie Schmitt
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It’s Official: Mexico City Eliminates Mandatory Parking Minimums
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The new regulations will make housing more affordable, transit more convenient, and streets less congested.
Cleveland Clinic Lets Slip That the “Opportunity Corridor” Isn’t About Opportunity At All
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The official line on the $331 million road project was that it was supposed to help poor Cleveland residents, not whisk people past their neighborhoods to reach the Cleveland Clinic. That was a lie.
How Ethical Is Your Driving?
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Most of us who drive don't spend much time weighing the morals of our behavior as motorists, but we should. Otherwise, by the time the ethical implications of our behavior are clear, it's probably going to be too late.
Milwaukee Forges Ahead With Its First Bike Boulevards
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Milwaukee will be getting its first bike boulevards, the city announced this week, the beginning of what should eventually be a citywide network of low-traffic, low-stress streets for cycling.
All the Effort That Went Into Fighting a Dallas Highway Is About to Pay Off
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The Trinity Parkway would cost $1.5 billion, further entrench car dependence, and ruin riverfront parkland and natural habitat. But now, after a sustained campaign that turned highways and transportation into a central issue in local elections, the Dallas City Council is on the verge of killing the project.
When Your State DOT Starts Talking About “Relieving Congestion,” Alarms Should Go Off
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Georgia is looking to reduce congestion on the I-75/85 corridor through downtown Atlanta, saying "no idea is off the table." But some ideas should be discarded right off the bat -- like the notion that adding space for cars is going to solve the traffic problem.
Tampa Transit Chief Gives Up Car for a Month-Long Listening Tour on Buses
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The CEO of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is changing his schedule -- and getting an earful.
WA Gov Rides to Transit’s Rescue — and Kasich Slashes Funding for Ohio Systems
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Ohio’s biannual budget will cost transit agencies $40 million a year. That equates to an estimated 10 percent service cut to Cleveland’s RTA, and will impose similar damage on transit service around the state.
An All-Too-Rare Idea to Improve Transit: Put People Who Ride Transit in Charge
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Transit agency boards are often dominated by political hacks with little or no transit expertise -- many don't even know what it's like to ride the transit systems they oversee. Dallas is trying something different.
Macon, Georgia, Striped a Good Network of Temporary Bike Lanes and Cycling Soared
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The experiment shows that if you build it, they will come -- even in smaller cities without a strong culture around active transportation.
A Recipe for Cutting Traffic: Build More Apartments, Fewer Single-Family Homes
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In the Twin Cities, people living in multi-family housing -- apartments, condos, or any kind of dwelling that shares walls with its neighbors -- travel by car 25 percent less than people who live in single-family homes. And they get around by walking, biking, and transit much, much more.
You Can’t Have Family-Friendly Cities Without Kid-Friendly Streets
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A lot of cities assume that all parents who can move to the suburbs will do so. But it doesn't have to be that way.