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Advocates Demand Global Leaders Increase Bike Mode Share
Sustainable transportation advocates are urging world leaders at COP26 to commit to a global goal to increase cycling mode share — because if they don't, there is "no conceivable way" for them to meet the summit's climate goals.
November 4, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Cadillac vs. Dodge
We're finishing out the semi-finals with another battle of the bad dads — and this one's a doozy.
November 3, 2021
What’s In (And What’s Out Of) the New Reconciliation Bill For Sustainable Transport
Most programs favored by sustainable transportation advocates have survived negotiations over the massive social infrastructure package that's held up the country's transportation ambitions for months — though a few of them have gotten a little skinnier.
November 3, 2021
L.A. Times’s Latest High-Speed Hypocrisy
Latest article blames high-speed rail for every ill in the Central Valley from rodents to drug addiction
November 3, 2021
US DOT Promises National Safe Systems Approach After Historic Death Surge
The Department of Transportation is promising radical new changes to federal approach to roadway safety following a report that showed the largest six-month increase in roadway fatalities ever recorded by the agency.
November 1, 2021
Four Ways to Keep Kids Safe From Traffic Violence This Halloween
Top health leaders are encouraging families to get outside and trick-or-treat for the first time since the pandemic began, but advocates are urging them not to ignore another public health threat that threatens kids every Halloween: traffic violence.
October 29, 2021
California Active Transportation Symposium: Information, Inspiration, Advice
The California Active Transportation Resource Center hosted its second symposium this week "to strengthen our work and make it better"
October 29, 2021
St. Louis Stratospheric Ped. Death Surge Prompts Demands for Structural Reform
The Gateway City is a pedestrian graveyard. Walking deaths have doubled in the eight years since a safety plan was adopted in 2013.
October 28, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Dodge vs. Chevy
We're down to the worst of the worst in our quest to find America's most toxic car ad — and it's time to talk about what to do about it.
October 27, 2021
Why Your City’s ‘Vision Zero’ Plan Needs ‘Direct Vision’
The drivers of the biggest vehicles on U.S. roads can't even see many of the people in their path — and cities could be doing more right now to stop blind-spot deaths, a recent panel of experts argued.
October 25, 2021