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Healthy Ride bikes have become a mainstay in Pittsburgh, providing residents with a public transportation alternative to buses or driving. The program will soon go...

With electrified bikes and mobility hubs, Pittsburgh’s bike network is set to get an upgrade. Mayor Bill Peduto — along with the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and Healthy Ride — announced the Pittsburgh Bike Share Electrification and Mobility Hubs Project, an initiative to upgrade the city’s bike-share system. Currently,

Recent scientific discoveries found that exposure to air pollution causes changes in the brain that increase risk for mental illness.

Designs for state-of-the-art Loop CTA station unveiled by Lightfoot By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published  Designs for state-of-the-art Loop CTA station unveiled by Lightfoot The city of Chicago is looking to give a more than century-old CTA station in the heart of the Loop a facelift. CHICAGO - The city of Chicago is looking to give a more than century-old CTA station in the heart of the Loop a facelift. Preliminary design concepts were unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and members of th...

According to the CTA, the existing State/Lake station was built in 1895, as part of the original elevated Loop. It serves five of the transit authoritys eight rail lines and in 2019 was the second-busiest station on the Loop with more than 3.7 million rider entries. The new design retains some of the stations original design elements such as posts and railings to give the station an old-new look. "The intersection of State and Lake Streets is an iconic location in the heart of Chicago, and it ...

Air quality standards recommended by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have the potential to prevent more illness and death than standards adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference.

May 12, 2021 - 7:00 PM The idea of a ban on idling vehicles has been around for a long time and such bans are in place in 30 B.C. communities, including Kamloops. Its been talked about in the Central Okanagan for at least three years but it may finally see the light of day in Kelowna this year. But, even if such a bylaw is passed, it will be more for educational purposes than punishment, Jerry Dombowsky, the City of Kelowna’s transit and programs manager told iNFOnews.ca to...

Toggle open close On March 31, the Biden Administration released details on its “American Jobs Plan.” Containing $2.25 trillion in new spending, $400 billion in tax credits, and $2.75 trillion in tax increases, if passed as proposed, the plan would be among the largest pieces of legislation in American history.REF The sprawling nature of the proposal, which includes taxes, transportation infrastructure, schools, health benefits, economic incentives, and more, makes the package difficult to ...

ValleyBike will remain open all winter; rental service cites bus cutbacks during COVID-19 Updated Dec 10, 2020; ValleyBike, the Pioneer Valley’s short-term bicycle rental program, will remain open all winter instead of closing as it usually does until spring. The reason, said spokeswoman Shannon Bliven, is that ValleyBike users are riding the bikes to commute to work because bus service in many areas is cut back due to COVID-19. Bliven said there is also evidence of lots of round-trip bicyc...

Prosper spective, chris. chris: but dont you think the fact that we have these coal power plants belching carbon emissions into the area, you dont think that plays a role? >> i think weve done it better than anybody in the world at oning coal in a clean fashion. the technological advances that weve seen along with natural gas production and generating electricity which all contributed to -- have all contributeed to a co2 footprint thats pre-1994. weve been a good steward of our environment. we h...