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Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts
The latest news from the battle to stop one of America's most notorious highway expansions.
December 22, 2021
What California Could Get from the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Lots for highways, but some for other good stuff - details pending.
December 17, 2021
Advocates Debate Role of Education and Enforcement in Safe Systems Approach
A prominent highway safety organization is still pushing enforcement and education in the fight to end roadway fatalities — again sparking controversy among advocates of better road design who say that driver behavior is already over-emphasized and policing subject to racial bias.
December 17, 2021
Opinion: The Bus Driver Shortage is an Emergency
Many US transit agencies are looking at devastating service cuts due to a shortage of bus drivers. And there's something simple but powerful that sustainable transportation advocates can do about it.
December 15, 2021
Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing
And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.
December 14, 2021
Oregon DOT’s Real Climate Plan: Keep on Polluting
The Oregon DOT’s “Climate Action Plan” claims the agency wants to decrease greenhouse gases, but its revenue projections show it is planning for gasoline consumption not to decline at all – meaning that carbon emissions don’t decline, either.
December 14, 2021
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia Planning Legislation to Stop Freeway Expansion in Underserved Communities
Garcia's bill would prohibit the state from funding or permitting highway projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty and where residents have suffered negative health effects from living near freeways.
December 13, 2021
Could Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Help Heal the Scars Highways Created?
From the interstate highway system to public housing, some of America’s most discriminatory and damaging policies have been implemented under the auspices of the need for better infrastructure. A recent visit from Sec. Buttigieg highlighted what the USDOT hopes to do to reverse the harm.
December 13, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Traffic War Is Never Won
This week we’re joined by University of Virginia Associate Professor Peter Norton, to talk about his new book "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." Norton discusses the false promises of automakers and technologists and the mobility solutions that are already in front of us.
December 10, 2021
Lemonade From Lemons: Six Improvements Worth Celebrating Within Flawed Infrastructure Bill
These are some of the IIJA's most notable successes — even if some of them are pretty incremental.
December 9, 2021
