The Hub 7/21/17: 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.
Philadelphia Magazine: GoPhillyGo is Philadelphia Magazine 2017’s best website for cyclists – GoPhillyGo.org, a multimodal trip-planning website for the Greater Philadelphia Area, is a project by the Clean Air Council that was named Best Website for Cyclists in Philadelphia Magazine’s annual Best of Philly awards.
Philly Voice: Elon Musk: NY-Philly-DC-Baltimore Hyperloop approved by government – Musk claims that it would only take 29 minutes to travel by Hyperloop between New York City and DC.
Wired: Waiting for the bus is about to get less bad – TransLoc is helping transit agencies integrate their real-time data with Google maps at no cost.
Curbed: Car-free living better for combatting climate change than home improvements, says study – Want to fight climate change? Getting rid of your car has more of an impact than going solar.
PlanPhilly: Courting driver fury, group sues PPA to end median parking on Broad – While it’s a illegal to park on South Broad Street’s median, it’s a long held tradition that many do not want to let go of.