TheCityFix Picks, February 24: A New BRT in Chicago, Satellite Cities in China, Road Signs in Turkey
A new BRT line in Chicago's downtown can revolutionize public transportation. Photo by Steven Vance.
- advertising
- air pollution
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- bike share
- Communications + Marketing
- e-bike
- electric biking
- emissions
- federal funding
- Health + Road Safety
- Integrated Transport
- mobile apps
- mobile technologies
- oil
- private vehicle emissions
- road fatalities
- road safety
- road signage
- suburban sprawl
- TOD
- transit funding
- transport funding
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Urban Sprawl
Despite a previously canceled rail tunnel project, New Jersey commuters might receive an alternative mass transit route, after all. Photo by Tambako the Jaguar.
If an extension fails to pass, the absence of a surface transportation bill would see the loss of one million construction and related jobs, President Obama warns. Photo via the Miller Center.
- Barack Obama
- country:United States
- federal funding
- funding
- Integrated Transport
- jobs bill
- obama
- Ray LaHood
- region:North America
- surface transportation bill
- transit funding
- transport funding
- transportation
- transportation and infrastructure
- transportation bill
- Transportation Finance
- transportation infrastucture
- transportation initiative
- transportation legislature
- Transportation policy
Holger Dalkmann says now is the time for countries like China to "leapfrog" to more sustainable modes of transport. Photo by Remko Tamis.
Political pressure and financial concerns have stalled the implementation of Amman's bus rapid transit project. Photo by Evgeniy Zotov.
- American Public Transportation Association
- BRT
- budget
- Bus Rapid Transit
- bus rapid transport
- city:Amman
- country:Jordan
- funding
- Integrated Transport
- mass rapid transit
- Mass Transit
- operating budgets
- public transit
- public transportation
- region:Asia
- sustainable transportation
- transit funding
- transport
- transport funding
- transportation
The report suggests a five percent ad valorem tax on oil up-stream and gas downstream to help cover the cost of transportation in the United States. Photo by Mike Baird.
