Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?
Critics of the plan say buses should get more attention.
April 30, 2021 •
Shutterstock/zhu difeng If President Joe Biden gets his way, the federal government will double public transit funding in the coming years. He sees it as an essential part of his proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package: a way to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and meet rider demand.
Public transit supporters say it’s a bold move and one that’s sorely needed.
“It’s an ambitious goal and potentially transformational,” said Alex Engel, a spokesperson for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. “It’s something we haven’t seen in decades.”
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April 29, 2021
Road Ministry has proposed common standards for retrofitting vehicles for the differently-abled and issuing a driving licence.
At present, it is left to the discretion of each States according to SP Singh, Senior Fellow, Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT).
A team of experts from Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), All India Institute of Physical Medicines and Rehabilitation, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Gujarat Road Safety Authority have proposed detailed designs for various kind of disabilities so that the common standards can be readied. These vehicles, based on international best practices, are also termed adaptive vehicles, as per the Motor Vehicle Amendment 2019.
Transit-Oriented Communities Would Take Advantage of Bus System Changes in New Orleans
Transit planning is land use planning and land use planning is transit planning. April 26, 2021, 7am PDT | James Brasuell | Mayor LaToya Cantrell s administration is studying how to use a coming redesign of New Orleans public-transportation system to create housing, retail and public amenities along new transit routes in the city, reports Jessica Williams. The transit-oriented communities City Hall wants to create would see denser housing and a slew of businesses spring up near public transit lines, officials said at a public meeting this month. Green spaces and engaging architecture would make those neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly, they said.