SEPTA gets bold with new transit map Officials say the goal is to simplify travel planning for riders. “Our hope, really, is that they are intuitive enough that someone who’s not very familiar with the network can show…

Mayors Seek Transit Funds To Fight Climate Change (And What’s Happening in This Picture) A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a Marshall Plan against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities. The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore….

Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.

Funding cuts jeopardize Amtrak service, PennDOT official says The state’s Amtrak passenger rail service will be impacted when the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s $450 million annual payment to PennDOT plunges by $400 million …

The Port Authority aims to improve more than 7,000 bus stops — and make them safer There are more than 7,000 bus stops in the Pittsburgh region, some nicer –and much safer — than others. The Port Authority of Allegheny County plans to study …

New York City to App-Cab Giants: Cut Empty Cruising or Pay the Price If they don’t, “there will be very severe penalties,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin.

Maryland Is In A Huge Transit Hole Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery closing means great opportunities for Philadelphia | Opinion The plant’s closing is an economic gut-punch to the city and region today, but it’s also a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to think about what kind of city we want Philadelphia to become.

Are gentrification’s impacts overstated? This study says yes A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia finds little evidence to support the conventional understanding of gentrification as a massively disruptive influence on the well-being of lower-income city…

Behind the scenes and into the past at 30th Street Station Philadelphia’s train station, recently renamed the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, has meaning for this city far beyond the long-defunct railroad company it was built to glorify.

Making it Easier to Get to Transit via Walking, Bicycling Encouraging people to opt for a “first-mile/last-mile” connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding

Automobile Supremacy Is Written Into the Law The automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives.

Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake? For a century, we’ve loved our cars. They haven’t loved us back.

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