The Hub 4/20/18: 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.-

 

WHYY- Is Philly better off with safer streets or faster moving traffic? At City Hall, it depends on who you ask– City Council members and Deputy Managing Director of the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS), Mike Carroll, butted heads at Tuesday’s Streets Department budget hearing over the decision to push for safer streets as a priority over congestion from vehicles.

 

Houston Chronicle-  Ellis commits $10 million to Houston-area bike efforts– Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis announced a one-year $10 million commitment to cycling related projects in Houston, with the goal of jump-starting the city’s transformation into a bike-friendly place.

 

The Philadelphia Citizen- Get to Work– Philadelphia Unemployment Project’s Commuter Options program, which connects low-income communities to jobs in suburban counties by offering vanpools, is looking to PennDOT and the City of Philadelphia to renew funding. The program provides vanpools with low up-front costs to help communities without accessible public transportation.

 

Mobility Lab– We blame pedestrians for dying even when drivers are at fault– Too often pedestrians take the blame when people are involved in crashes with vehicles, even with research showing driving behavior as the cause of most pedestrian fatalities.

NextCity- Women’s Safety Must Be Part of Transportation Planning– With gender violence in the spotlight as part of the #MeToo movement, some are advocating that transportation planners should take women into account when planning for the safety of public spaces and transit.

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