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This is an illuminating chart, produced by Richard Bose at Network blog NextSTL. It shows how Missouri electeds have let the gas tax steadily erode in real dollars while transit riders have been subjected to repeated fare increases. Now, Bose explains, state officials are preparing to double-down on this double standard: Metro is considering raising […]

Chalk up a win for the Amtrak marketing team, which has drummed up a ton of media coverage with its new residency program for writers. The above video, produced by Amtrak, goes into the thinking behind this effort. Randy Simes at Urban Cincy expounds on the strategy today: On the heels of kicking off their […]

The DC suburb of Rockville, Maryland, is quietly becoming a bike-friendly city. Greater Greater Washington reports that Rockville advocates and the city have worked together for the last 15 years to expand bike infrastructure. The result: a 68-mile bike network, including 34 miles of separated bikeways, 33 miles of shared lanes, and a multi-use path […]

Park-and-ride lots, writes Matt Steele at Streets.mn, are the “darling infrastructure of the transit planning profession.” In exchange for providing a parking spot at no charge to suburban commuters, says Steele, transit systems can increase ridership. But “free” suburban parking isn’t such a sweet deal for everyone. Steele writes that a Metro Transit park-and-ride expansion […]

For a while now, theorists have portended dramatic changes in the character and structure of American suburban communities. Frank Chiachiere at Seattle Transit Blog presents some evidence bearing out those prophesies. Chiachiere cites a Seattle Times article that explains how institutional investors are buying blocks of single-family homes and adapting their business model to rentals in Seattle-area […]

In Patrick Kennedy’s campaign to tear down Interstate 345 in Dallas — a vision he calls anewdallas — he’s running up against the “free money” argument. Since Texas DOT is willing to spend $100 million to rehab the road, the thinking goes, why not let them do it? Here’s why that whole line of thought […]