The Hub 7/15/16: 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.

Washington Post: Is the car culture dying? –  Whether or not the decline of car ownership will continue, the American dream of car ownership has made us “prisoners of the past.”

Philly Voice: SEPTA: Leased railcars, locomotives costing $51,000 per week – This week come Regional Rail commuters may have felt relief as SEPTA added leased passenger cars to their lines.

Philly.com: 4 online tools to help you get around SEPTA delays – Until all 130 SEPTA passenger trains are replaced, Regional Rail travel times may still be uncertain. Try out 4 mobile and online tools, like GoPhillyGo, to find new commute routes.

Plan Philly: Open Streets announced for South St. and MLK Drive on Sept. 24 – Philly Free Streets, born from the Open Streets PHL movement, will give city residents 9 miles of car-free streets to explore by foot and bike.

Next City: What transit riders really want – TransitCenter surveyed 3,000 transit riders from 17 U.S. regions to look at how people are using transit and what they value about it.