(New York – WNYC) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority here is letting go of 450 station agents this spring because of its budget crisis. There are many New Yorkers who wonder what these people were supposed to be doing anyway, considering that they stopped selling tokens years ago and ticket vending machines were installed instead. But…
(Houston – KUHF News Lab) We reported last month on Houston’s high ratings as an affordable place to live. But what goes into an equation like that, from housing prices to work salaries to taxes, is fluid. A new group is challenging traditional views of those ratings, and adding transportation costs to the mix. From…
(Washington, DC – WAMU) Metro is the affectionate nickname for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. It operates the network of buses and subways that course throughout the District of Columbia and its environs. If you’ve ever lived in or visited the nation’s capital, you’re probably a Metro rider. It would be an understatement to…
(Chimney Rock, VT – Transportation Nation) – Many people who live around Lake Champlain remember where they were when they got the news. For Tim Kayhart, it was 2 p.m. on October 16th. He was chopping corn in a field next to the Champlain Bridge in Addison, Vermont. A neighbor pulled over, walked…
(Houston – KUHF News Lab) Houston’s traffic is stuck in the top 10 worst metro areas. In the search for alternatives, eleven thousand commuters have been drawn out of cars and into a Park and Ride bus system. It’s a quiet, cheap ride that has those using it asking for more buses and weekend service. …
(New York – WNYC) — WNYC’s Kathleen Horan has been reporting on NYC taxi drivers and their reaction to the assertion almost all of them stole from customers: disbelief, anger, wounded pride. Now it turns out the city’s accusations may have way overreached. Outgoing Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Matthew Daus is acknowledging “significant” errors in…
(The Takeaway) Think tanks have been getting more and more vocal of late when it comes to “affordable housing,” arguing that term sua sponte hides costs by making people forget about transportation costs — which can easily add to to more than a mortgage. In a thought-provoking interview, Deputy HUD Secretary Ronald Sims tells Transportation…
(Houston – KUHF) – Triple-digit temperatures and summer storms make biking tough in Houston. But the city is still pressing forward with a decades-long plan for bike trails and roadside amenities to encourage car-loving Texans to consider other ways to get around. With Google Maps expanding its popular online directions to bike routes, KUHF’s Melissa…
(Washington, DC – WAMU) In the political parlance of our times, a contentious public policy problem is called a “third rail” issue. Like a railway’s electrified third rail, if you dare touch these issues, you’re going to get hurt. Think abortion, Social Security, health care, et. al. But this metaphor takes on new meaning when…
(Houston – KUHF News Lab) In the next 30 years, Houston is expected to add 3.5 million people. It’s a planning challenge on all levels, especially transportation. How will Houston bill ways to get to work that encourage people to reconsider roads? That’s the subject of a year-long study now underway, as city officials get…
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