Aaron Short
Recent Posts
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
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The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
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Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.
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UN emissions report predicts the earth will warm 7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 unless the world cuts 7.6 percent of its carbon output each year for the next 80 years.
Federal Government Doing Nothing on AVs
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Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
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Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit.
Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough on Transit
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Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
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Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
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Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.
Amtrak Wants to Compete With Planes and Roads
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Whaddya know? Amtrak is getting better and better — and may soon be profitable (you read that right!).
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
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The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money
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It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.
ELECTION ROUNDUP: Transit (Mostly) Wins
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Voters across the country showed that they support transit.