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- Urban freeways and transit infrastructure projects — often paid for in large part by federal transportation funds — have disproportionately displaced and isolated people living in minority neighborhoods, tearing at the fabric of vibrant communities and compounding issues of equity and access to jobs and essential services.
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Jun 25, 2021 · A new analysis of a half-century of transportation patterns in U.S. cities shows how the share of transit commuters has plunged in most — but not all — metro regions since 1970.
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Nov 30, 2023 · In the United States, public transit in large regions is often fragmented. The San Francisco Bay area, for instance, contains no fewer than 27 separate transit agencies. For passengers, navigating a journey that crosses jurisdictional lines can be complicated and time-consuming.
Sep 5, 2019 · It should come as no surprise that increasing population in cities is straining urban transportation systems. People who live and work in the major cities of the world are faced with increasing levels of congestion, delays, total travel time, costs, frustration, accidents, and loss of life.
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Nov 16, 2020 · This is how cities can overcome their growing transport pains. New research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests how urban mobility systems can change to meet the needs of future populations. Around the world, people are increasingly migrating from rural to urban areas. By 2030, the United Nations estimates, megacities (those with at ...
Jun 25, 2021 · Just 5 percent of workers now get to work by bus or train nationwide, compared with almost 9 percent a half century ago. Most people are driving instead. This trend is partly the product of the federal government’s decision to keep land-use development planning and transportation separate.
Jul 27, 2021 · Urban freeways and transit infrastructure projects — often paid for in large part by federal transportation funds — have disproportionately displaced and isolated people living in minority neighborhoods, tearing at the fabric of vibrant communities and compounding issues of equity and access to jobs and essential services.
Some challenges are ancient, like congestion (which plagued cities such as Rome), while others are new, like urban freight distribution or environmental impacts. a. Traffic congestion and parking difficulties. Congestion is one of the most prevalent transport challenges in large urban agglomerations.
