The Hub 9/9/16: 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.

CityLab: The real risks in urban cycling – With the lethality of the modern sedentary lifestyle your biggest risk is not cycling.

Mobility Lab: Transit is 10-times safer than driving – and makes communities safer, says new APTA report – While the data is supported by the American Public Transit Association and the U.S. Department of Transportation, the stigma against public transportation’s safety is still strong.

The Wall Street Journal: Google takes on Uber with new ride-share service – Rather than hire on-demand drivers, Google wants commuters to actually share their rides to and from work.

CBS Philly: SEPTA to roll out new ‘stored-value’ feature for occasional riders – Currently, early adopters of the SEPTA Key can only load the value of a weekly or monthly TransPass on their cards. By the end of the year, SEPTA Key users will be able to load other values, like $5, $10 or $20,  and pay for trips as they go.

Philly.com: Christie ends income tax pact with PA; commuters could pay more – If the reciprocal income tax agreement ends, low-income residents in Southern New Jersey who work in Philadelphia could pay about $1,000 more a year in income taxes. High-income residents in Bucks County who work in New Jersey could see their taxes increase by 5.9 percentage points.

Philly Voice: Audit: Pennsylvania Turnpike could face ‘transportation disaster’ – Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s projected toll increases may cause economically burned travelers to find toll-free routes.

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