The Hub 10/14/16: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-up of Transportation News

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.

Philly.com: Philly takes step toward safer streets with new hire – The hiring of a Complete Streets Director represents an important first step in making streets safer for all users. Kelley Yemen will be responsible for coordinating between multiple city agencies to meet that goal.

Philly.com: Gov. Wolf: $3M state grant will extend Schuylkill River Trail farther into Southwest Phila – The grant will aid in the development of a 2.25-mile section of the Schuylkill River Trail that will eventually connect to the Passyunk Avenue Bridge and turn brownfields into public space.

New York Times: New Jersey Transit, a cautionary tale of neglect – Like many mass transit systems across the U.S., NJ Transit is suffering from aging infrastructure and decreases in funding. This is creating unsafe conditions and is failing the hundreds of thousands of commuters who depend on mass transit.

NextCity: Airbnb-style bike renting app expands to London – Launched in Oxford last spring, Cycle.land allows people to borrow bikes from individuals and vendors for, potentially, as little as £0.50 per day.

CityLab: Poland tests self-sufficient, glow-in-the-dark bike path –  The solar-charged bike lane is not just cool to look at, it may also prevent cyclist-pedestrian crashes at night.

Popular Science: SeaBubbles aspire to bring us the water taxi of the future – Are electric-powered, self-driving four-passenger water taxis the waveless future of commuting?

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