""The further you put people from necessities, the more you create the circumstances that make people demand wide roads," says @BethO. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/01/opinion/are-we-there-yet-newsletter-transit-20th-century-road-building/

#RoadDesign #TransportationPlanning #TransportationPolicy

Ford pushed back its #EV production goals to 600,000 annually by the end of 2024, backing off from a previous timeline of doing so by the end of this year.

"Ford now expects its EV division to lose $4.5B this year, up from an earlier forecast of $3B." https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-f-q2-earnings-report-2023-8ca7f117

#Climate #TransportationPolicy

After months of chaos and disruption, has the Canadian commercial aviation industry learned its lesson?
#Canada #Travel #Business #Airlines #Flying #AirTravel #Transportation #Airports #TransportationPolicy #AirCanada #WestJet
https://the-14.com/after-months-of-chaos-and-disruption-has-the-canadian-commercial-aviation-industry-learned-its-lesson/

With so many transit agencies cutting fares, I wondered how they were making up for the lost revenues.

It turns out many of them are leveraging temporary federal reliefs funds, and they'll probably need new revenue streams if they're not going to jeopardize service quality or potential expansions.

https://ssti.us/2023/01/23/continued-fare-free-transit-will-require-new-funding-streams/ #Transit #PublicTransport #TransportationPolicy

"The only thing planning students learn about parking requirements is they get in the way of anything they want to do," says Donald Shoup, referring to affordable housing, water runoff, and air pollution from driving.

But enforcing them is the first thing they do when they graduate and work in planning departments.

https://overcast.fm/+O31oVuaoI #ParkingReform #AffordableHousing #TransportationPolicy #UrbanPlanning

#MadisonWI recently adopted a new #CompleteStreets policy.
https://smartcitiesdive.com/news/madison-wisconsin-complete-green-streets-policy/639736/
#TransportationPolicy #RoadDesign #TrafficEngineering #SafeStreets

At #TRBAM Carlos Braceras, head of the #Utah DOT, says a project’s Purpose & Need should look beyond movement and safety for cars. He mentions four pillars: 1) improve health, 2) connect communities, 3) provide mobility, 4) help economy.

He also mentions the I-15 EIS process, which is an impressive effort. https://i15eis.udot.utah.gov/

#Transportation #TransportationPolicy #TrafficEngineering #RoadDesign

I’m at #TransportationCampDC before heading to #TRBAM. Shabazz Stuart kicked things off by telling the crowd, “transportation is the connective tissue that binds society together.”

#Transportation #TransportationPolicy

State #transportation agencies are divided over a proposed rule to track greenhouse gases and act accordingly.

Here’s what the head of Washington State DOT had to say: “We’re at a point of diminishing returns where building new #highways costs more and more and we get less and less out of it.”

More rural states tend to push back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/15/road-building-climate-change/

#Climate #ClimateAction #TransportationPolicy

“If DC’s leaders believe that no one should die or suffer life-altering injuries as a result of a crash, they should spend the most time and money fixing deadly arterials before anything else.”

A plan to save lives, on the heels of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. https://ggwash.org/view/87417/go-big-or-go-home-a-real-safety-vision-for-dcs-deadliest-streets

#visionzero #urbanplanning #cities #transportationpolicy #washingtondc #bikesafety #pedestriansafety

“If DC’s leaders believe that no one should die or suffer life-altering injuries as a result of a crash, they should spend the most time and money fixing deadly arterials before anything else.”

A plan to save lives, on the heels of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. https://ggwash.org/view/87417/go-big-or-go-home-a-real-safety-vision-for-dcs-deadliest-streets

#visionzero #urbanplanning #cities #transportationpolicy #washingtondc #bikesafety #pedestriansafety