infrastructure
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Building bike infrastructure creates more jobs, plus people want this stuff
John Boehner has said that Americans don't "look very kindly" on bike infrastructure. Seems he might be wrong.
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We need real bike paths for real bike transportation
A recent fatal crash between a cyclist and a pedestrian on the popular Katy Trail in Dallas brings home the message: If we are going to fill the rapidly growing demand for bicycle infrastructure, we need the real thing. Cramming bikes onto serene paths is like putting a superhighway through a schoolyard.
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Angela Glover Blackwell talks about the connection between transportation and social justice
Starting with Plessy v. Ferguson, access to transportation has been a civil rights issue in this country. The founder of PolicyLink explains why it still is.
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New Jersey's Gov. Christie kills ARC Tunnel project dead
After two weeks of "reconsideration," Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) has once again killed the nation's largest public transit project, a rail tunnel under the Hudson River that was pegged to cost $8.7 billion and create thousands of jobs. This time, it seems certain it will stay dead.
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Why we need to change the way we spend on transportation
We've been doing transportation planning wrong for generations. And our economy is paying for it.
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How NYC's streets are being reclaimed from the automobile [VIDEO]
The last three years have seen an incredible transformation of New York's streetscape. More than 200 miles of bike lanes have been added, while Times Square and many other formerly car-clogged spaces have been turned into havens for pedestrians.
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The Cincinnati subway that never was [VIDEO]
Today, some people look at the decision to halt the Cincinnati subway in 1925 as fatally short-sighted. "If they had finished this system, we may have actually held on to some of our businesses that have left. Cincinnati downtown may have been a viable institution."
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NJ governor puts a halt to major public transit project [UPDATED]
Gov. Chris Christie's refusal to invest in a piece of major public transit infrastructure is another blow against a modernized transportation system.
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New York City to curb sewage surges with green infrastructure
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an ambitious plan to keep raw sewage out of the city's waterways.