Featured: Congress’ failure to enact climate legislation makes transportation reform more important than ever
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced last week that he was unable to secure the 60 votes needed to move forward on comprehensive climate legislation, it put an end to any realistic chance of capping carbon emissions in 2010, making it more urgent than ever to pass a reformed transportation bill that can help us reduce emissions and oil use. READ FULL STORY
Dangerous by Design
Dangerous by Design ranks metropolitan areas based on the relative danger of walking.
Nearly 5,000 Americans die preventable deaths each year on roads that fail to provide safe conditions for pedestrians. More than 43,000 Americans – including 3,906 children under 16 – have been killed this decade alone. More than 76,000 Americans have died in the last 15 years. This is the equivalent of a jumbo jet going down roughly every month, yet it receives nothing like that kind of attention.
Future of Transportation National Poll
American voters overwhelmingly support broader access to public transportation and safe walking and biking, according to this new national poll conducted for Transportation for America.
More than four-in-five voters (82 percent) say that "the United States would benefit from an expanded and improved transportation system," including modes of transportation like rail and buses.
An overwhelming majority of voters agree with this statement — no matter where they live. Even in rural America, 79 percent of voters agreed with the statement, despite much lower use of public transportation compared to urban Americans.
Mapping the Transit Funding Crisis
Last August, we highlighted 90 communities facing transit fare hikes and service cuts as a result of a nationwide funding crisis. Our new interactive map contains more than 150 agencies and shows them worse off than last year.
The C-Tran in Clayton County, Georgia, for instance, eliminated service entirely and New Jersey Transit raised some fares by 25 percent. The information on this map was compiled using media reports, existing data and agency releases.
See the map at http://t4america.org/resources/transitfundingcrisis.
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