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All-Door Boarding Can Save Time for Bus Riders — If Transit Agencies Embrace It

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 4, 2017 | No Comments

All-door boarding can speed up heavily-used bus routes and improve customer satisfaction. But transit agencies have to fully commit to the new policy to realize the benefits.

Watch the Insanity of American School Drop-Off

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 16, 2016 | No Comments

When every student has a parental chauffeur, this is what you get.

Deliveries by e-trike: Now happening in Portland. Photo:

UPS Begins Delivering Packages via E-Trike in Portland

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 8, 2016 | No Comments

Delivery trucks are terrible for city streets, polluting the air, blocking bike lanes, endangering pedestrians and cyclists. But cities need the goods they carry.

Protestors gathered in Public Square last weekend to demand buses be returned to Superior Avenue. Photo: Angie Schmitt

Booting Buses Off Public Square, Cleveland Deals Another Blow to Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 7, 2016 | No Comments

Transit riders in Cleveland can’t get a break.

From Pennsylvania, a Preview of How Trump & Co. Might Bully Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 5, 2016 | No Comments

How much will cities be threatened by the impending Trump presidency? An early front in this confrontation concerns immigration.

As long as Trump doesn’t release his tax returns, divest from his assets, and put his wealth in a true blind trust, the public can have no confidence that federal infrastructure spending will be based on merit and not Trump’s personal financial interests. Photo: Kamoteus/Flickr

4 Ways Trump’s Transportation Plan Is Ripe for Corruption

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

Donald Trump’s opaque personal finances and business entanglements around the globe raise the possibility of unprecedented corruption for a United States president.

Don’t Forget to Expose Your City’s Parking Failures This Black Friday

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 23, 2016 | No Comments

It’s that time of year again — time to show how much space we waste on commercial parking!

Advocates of Color are Elevating a Different Perspective on Safe Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 21, 2016 | No Comments

Last week, advocates convened in Atlanta for the Untokening, a gathering for people who’ve felt isolated or tokenized within the safe streets movement, and an opportunity to put their perspectives front and center.

AZ Rep Ruben Gallego to Dems: Don’t Enable Trump’s Infrastructure Surge

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 18, 2016 | No Comments

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi may be ready to bend over backward to work with Donald Trump on “infrastructure,” but you can count Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego out.

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi Are Falling for Infrastructure Propaganda

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

We’re going to see a lot of stories about Donald Trump and infrastructure in the next few months, and this reporting will be heavily influenced by a message that has been honed and perfected by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Architects Reject AIA’s Call to “Work With” Trump

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 15, 2016 | No Comments

Architects around the country are speaking out against the American Institute of Architects after the professional organization made a post-election statement pledging to work with Trump and support his infrastructure agenda.

Everything Has Changed. Urban Activists Have New Battles to Fight

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 11, 2016 | No Comments

Tuesday night was a great night for transit in Seattle, where the region’s $54 billion light rail measure sailed to a win. Under normal circumstances, transit advocates would have been elated. Supporters of Seattle’s $54 billion light rail measure learn they have won, but are still losing. Photo: Seattle Bike Blog But Tom Fucoloro at Seattle Bike Blog writes [...]

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