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Highway Boondoggles, Part VII: Oregon’s Abernethy Insanity
The final installment of our annual Highway Boondoggles series, with U.S. PIRG., looks at bridge widening that circumvented the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Assessment process
September 21, 2022
Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85 Percent
An Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.
September 21, 2022
CA High-Speed Rail Authority Releases Draft Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section
High-Speed Rail riders will be able to go from Burbank to Palmdale in under 20 minutes (with a non-stop travel time of 13 minutes). On Metrolink today, this trip takes just over 90 minutes.
September 14, 2022
Op-Ed: Parking Reform Is California’s Most Important Climate Bill
Governor Newsom should sign A.B. 2097
September 8, 2022
Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die
A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.
September 8, 2022
Opinion: The E-Bike Is Not a ‘Monstrosity’; Car Culture Is
An Atlantic columnist really put himself out there with a column that mocked e-bikes yet somehow let cars almost entirely off the hook.
September 7, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: How Zoning Broke American Cities
How were cities regulated before zoning — and should zoning abolition be the ultimate goal?
September 2, 2022
CA Bikes Yield at Stop Signs Bill Is Dead
Author Boerner Horvath pulled A.B. 1713 because it was clear that Newsom planned to veto it
August 31, 2022
Freedom to Walk Bill – Decriminalizing “Jaywalking” – Is on the Governor’s Desk
Again. But this time he might sign it.
August 30, 2022
Can This Documentary Get Americans to Care About Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths?
A new documentary aims to tell the dramatic story of America's escalating pedestrian and cyclist death crisis — and, hopefully, inspire non-advocates to get involved in the movement to end the epidemic.
August 26, 2022
