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The Hub 2/16/18: 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.

 

Global Citizen: Germany Is Planning Free Public Transit to Fight Air Pollution – The German government has made improving air quality a top priority. Free trains and busses in 5 major cities are at the heart of a plan to change the way Germans get around.

 

Next City: Seattle DOT Plans to Remove Hostile Architecture – A row of rarely used bike racks built under an overpass after a homeless camp was displaced alerted local residents that the bike racks were never for cyclists, they were simply a tool to discourage homeless people from using the overpass for shelter. The Seattle DOT is planning to relocate the bike racks to places where they will be used by Seattle’s robust cycling community. City government has also committed to stop the use of hostile architecture and instead allocate those resources to services for the homeless.  

 

City Lab: Can This European High-Speed Train Compete With Airlines? – Train travel between London and Amsterdam is about to get faster and more convenient. One of Europe’s busiest flight routes will soon have a train that can take you from downtown to downtown in less than 4 hours. When you factor in travel to and from airports, security, flight time, and the fact that many people just don’t like flying, this project is sure to shake up the international transportation game.

 

Plan Philly: Bills to build new bike lanes advance in City Council – Three different bills to build three different bike lanes in three different parts of the city are set to be voted on next week.  A small portion would be protected bike lanes, inching us closer to the 30 miles of protected bike lanes that Mayor Kenney promised during his campaign.

 

Streets Blog: Philadelphia’s Boulevard of Death – Roosevelt Boulevard is home to two of the three most dangerous intersections in the United States. Huge swaths of this 12 lane highway have no sidewalk, despite having many destinations at street level. Speed limits remain unenforced, as there are no shoulders for police to pull dangerous drivers over. Simple automated enforcement by way of red light cameras is a basic way to decrease reckless driving, but lawmakers in Harrisburg need to be convinced.

 

Image Source: Plan Philly

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