Holland has a long history of going above and beyond for people who travel outside cars in the winter — and no, we’re not talking about that Holland. The small, snowy city of Holland, Mich. recently captured the attention of active transportation advocates, thanks to a viral video of one of its sidewalk snow plows zipping down a residential street. That mini-plow is just one of a fleet of five machines, and together, they can clear almost all of the city’s 140 miles of sidewa

Vista Today A new transit plan proposed by the City of Philadelphia calls for the expansion of SEPTA’s Regional Rail service and increasing the frequency of trains so they arrive every 15 minutes, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The plan, which also includes an overhaul of SEPTA’s bus network and modernizing the trolley system, lays out the city’s transit goals for the next few decades. According to the plans, the Regional Rail will become a “freque

Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road building, instead of reducing congestion, actually increases traffic. When travel time by car is reduced and convenience increased, coupled with the appeal of the private vehicle as a continued indicator of wealth and standing, people are inclined to make more car trips. A recent working paper by researchers from the University o

All remaining traditional coin-based parking meters that regulate pay parking in curbside areas within Vancouver will be replaced over the next three years with new smart and connected meter equipment. The municipal government says these existing unconnected meters, totaling over 11,000, are prone to vandalism and theft, specifically from individuals who jam the coin slot so that when people try to park, their coins in the meter will not fully drop down. This is costly to bot

SEPTA is expanding the options for purchasing and reloading SEPTA Key cards at station kiosks and sales offices. Starting on Monday, February 22, 2021, customers can use Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay to make in-person purchases of SEPTA Key cards or to add passes and/or funds to the Travel Wallet. With these additions, you will have the option of using your phone to make purchases at SEPTA Key Fare Kiosks and SEPTA Sales Offices - which also accept cash, credit and d

The Biden administration is plugging EV adoption to help the U.S. meet its climate goals, but electrification alone won’t do the job: We need to reduce vehicle use, period. When President Biden recommitted the U.S. to the Paris Climate Accord on his first day in office, he set into motion what will undoubtedly be an ambitious climate strategy. Already, with his executive order to replace the federal government’s massive vehicle fleet with U.S.-made electric vehicles — quickly

By David Zipper With commuters grounded and passenger numbers likely to remain low in U.S. cities, public transportation leaders should focus on a different metric for usefulness: transit access. Of all the information that U.S. public transit agencies track, none is more important to them than ridership — the number of people boarding its buses, trains and subway cars. Agency executives monitor their ridership data as closely as a CEO watching her company’s stock price. “We’

As focus shifts toward recovery from COVID-19, your input on the Moving the Region FORWARD >> Together Employer Survey will help SEPTA prepare to meet the mobility demands and other needs of workers, customers and visitors in Philadelphia and the surrounding communities. SEPTA want's to be ready when you are ready for a return to the workplace, to dining and entertainment and to public transit. While this health crisis has brought many challenges, leaders in our region are op