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GAO Slams DC Metro Governance
Washington DC Metro Subway After the Red Line crash of 2009, which killed nine people and brought untold humiliation to the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)...
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Bikelash in Arlington, TX
Arlington, TX, the largest US city without public transit, narrowly approved a weakened Bike Plan this week after outraged opposition fought the plan with a litany of criticism. Opponents complained...
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Revenge of the Conventional Cars: Hybrids Kicked Out of Carpool Lanes
Photo from Andre Alforque via Flickr Hybrid owners in Los Angeles haven’t just been saving gas and money thanks to their choice in cars: They’ve also been saving time. That’s because of a law that...
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Biking Our Way Out of Economic Uncertainty
Photo via hudson-river-park.com With employment flatlining stateside and at least one major western economy on the verge of collapse, it’s worth asking whether there are any surefire means of...
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Biofuel Crops to Grow at Metro Detroit Airport
The fallow land running alongside airport runways may just be the next farmland. The lands are ripe for oil-producing bioenergy crops, which will then be used to fuel vehicles and possibly jet...
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Highway Shutdown to Paralyze America’s Second-Largest City
This New York Times article on the planned, 53-hour mid-July shutdown of the Los Angeles area’s Interstate 405 has the same hysterical, nearly apocalyptic tone as an Onion article. Apparently for two...
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New York City Now Has Bike Lanes, But What About Bike Trains?
Photo by Thomas Hawk via Flickr AltTransport readers have already done the math and know that mass transit systems that allow commuters to bring their bicycles on board add up to something more than...
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E. Coli to Become Source for Biofuel
Image via Wikipedia Earlier this summer, a deadly strain of E. coli made it dangerous to eat salad or other uncooked vegetables in Germany throughout most of Europe. It’s because of that scare it may...
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New Republican Highway Bill Nixes National Infrastructure Bank
Photo: Washington Post Yesterday, details leaked of Congressman John Mica (R-PA) proposed bill for funding the U.S. government’s transportation priorities through 2018. Over at Streetsblog, Tanya...
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The 1950s Called, and They Want Their Transportation Bill Back
What costs $230 billion and shortchanges pedestrian and bicycle safety and already cash-strapped urban transit systems? If you guessed the new transportation reauthorization proposal from the GOP-led...
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