Affordable, family-sized apartment complex in Ballpark seeks building permit buildingsaltlake.com/affordable-f... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

That Widely Misrepresented E-Mobility Study Actually Reveals Need For Safer Streets, Not Hysteria nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/24/t... via @nyc.streetsblog.org and @sophlebo.bsky.social

Friday's Headlines Thrive With Women in Charge usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/24/f... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @blakeaued.bsky.social

Complete Streets Don’t Make Complete Places www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026... via @strongtowns.org and @maxmusicant.bsky.social

Thanks to a generous Alliance member, we'd like to equip those who give $50 or more to the Alliance with a copy of Carter Lavin's new handbook "If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy". Please donate today.

"SunRail has posted its strongest March in more than five years, with ridership climbing to more than 136,000 passengers and nearing pre-pandemic highs. The commuter rail system hit 6,216 riders per day, up from 5,982 riders per day in the year prior..."

In the 21st century there's no reason for trains to pass through the heart of American cities. If UP had agreed to the bypass on the original Lone Star Rail proposal, Austinites would be riding to the Spurs playoff games now.

"Public transportation is 95 percent safer than vehicles, and it requires no new technology. Those who want to see safer streets should force Waymo to address the amount of miles it will add to a city’s overall VMT"

Stephanie from Denver is excited to ride the #ColoradoConnector down to Colorado Springs to visit her Granddaughter WITHOUT having to sit in traffic! 🚦 Share your story with us about how the Colorado Connector train will impact you: ridethefrontrange.soapboxx.com/question/how...

Fun surprise in Denver this morning - Colorado has a visitor! 🚆 One of the brand new Siemens Airo trains bound for the PacNorth made a pitstop in Denver today. If you’re local, don’t miss your chance to take a peek at a vision of what the Colorado Connector could look like! #ColoradoConnector

In an effort to minimize passenger delays during the World Cup, Amtrak was originally planning to keep multiple bridges along Connecticut's shoreline closed, so trains wouldn't have to wait. 1/2

The massive wildfires in North & Central Florida caused delays for travelers using nearly every mode of transit this week - including passengers who were stuck just mere yards from a station for 24-hours without any way to disembark.

As announced during our Spring Council Meeting this afternoon - registration (and hotel information) is now online for RailNation: Toledo. Plus a special tease for 2027... https://twp.ai/9OVZXK

Interesting news in Decorah. NEICAC is piloting a deviated fixed route bus in Decorah across 3 Saturdays this spring. 2 days have already passed, with the final day of pilot service coming up on May 2nd.

Great news for rail continues: @amtrak.com and @wisdot.bsky.social plan to extend two daily Hiawatha trains to Madison! The Hiawatha route currently terminates in Milwaukee.

A respected American historian, Sharon McMahon, was harassed by Utah’s RW dimwits into cancelling her commencement speech at a Utah university. She got death threats because of their online lies MAGA in all its ignorant glory

Trump loves killing people It makes him seem important

The whole point of AI is to replace humans Hate is a rational response

They’re all crooks

Corporal Bone Spurs a piece of draft-dodging shit

Did this last year

Putin is a mass murderer. It’s Russian govt policy This serial killer should be met with the welcome he deserves

I studied Mideast history. I read about early Zionism and Theodor Herzl. I was 15. Jews were the only people to keep an ethnic identity after 2000 years of being erased as a nation. Israel was inspiring I can’t believe this is what they had in mind

Reading is the best inoculation to horseshit

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Republicans say elections they didn’t win were rigged Because they’re liars From 2013👇

SLC considers program to sell land development rights to boost other projects’ heights buildingsaltlake.com/slc-consider... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

Talking Headways Podcast: The Urban Truth Collective usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @theoverheadwire.com, @brenttoderian.bsky.social, @tomflood.bsky.social, and @grantennis.bsky.social

Thursday's Headlines Shout, Shout, Let It All Out usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @blakeaued.bsky.social

Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Attempt to Demolish D.C. Bike Lane usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/j... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social

Good Urbanism Requires Numeracy: On becoming the coastal Cassandra. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026... via @strongtowns.org

Israel has lost what moral advantage it had. It’s just one atrocity after another

This cartoon isn’t accurate Trump never even touched the Bible while taking the oath in 2024. Look it up

Here is where we are

SLC Council hears rezone proposal for HASLC development in Ballpark buildingsaltlake.com/slc-council-... via @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social and @jacobscholl.bsky.social

For Earth Day, the Trump Administration Wants To Expand Highways Across America usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/f... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social

Wednesday's Headlines Are Fare in Love and War usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/w... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @blakeaued.bsky.social

Op/Ed: Oil Shocks Will Keep Coming. High-Speed Rail Can Boost Our Resilience. cal.streetsblog.org/2026/04/21/o... via @streetsblogca.bsky.social

Ward Walks: How easy is it to reach a common destination (say, an ice cream shop) in your city or town by walking there? www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026... via @strongtowns.org

Happy Earth Day! Cherish our planet, electrify trains!

The internal link to why electric trains - particularly Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) - shorten travel times over diesel trains is that EMUs have better acceleration & braking because each wheel set is directly powered (vs pulled/pushed by the engine) & it’s not hauling the weight of its fuel.

Earth Day 🤝 Riding public transit share this if you've earned bragging rights

We have got 5 more April town halls, including Denver tonight! 🏫 South Denver - Wed, 4/22 at 6:00 PM West Denver - Sat, 4/25 at 1:30 PM Fort Collins - Sun, 4/26 at 2:00 PM Pueblo - Tue, 4/28 at 2:00 PM Westminster - Wed, 4/29 at 6:00 PM Don't miss out! RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/ridethefront...