
R.I. Takes Biking/Walking Funds for Highways - The streets blog
Almost one dozen biking and walking projects across the state of Rhode Island are in jeopardy after a state agency decided to transfer $27 million in federal money dedicated to active transportation to highways and administrative expenses over the next 10 years. The money represents about 33 percent of the tiny pool of funding the Rhode Island Department of Transportation receives from the feds for walking and biking. The state blamed the changes on a state law that requires

Atlanta Regional Commission calls for major transit expansion with ‘long-range’ vision - Curbed
Gwinnett County voters are on the cusp of approving or denying massively consequential legislation that could lead to the introduction (or not) of Atlanta’s MARTA system in the northeastern suburbs. In March, Gwinnettians will elect to adopt or shoot down the idea of linking the MARTA transit agency with the region’s most populous suburban county. But that vote isn’t the only effort to grow metro Atlanta’s transit network in a way that could join other OTP communities with th