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Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
April 19, 2021
Legislative Update: Bill to Remove Parking Minimums Near Transit Passes First Committee
Asm. Friedman's A.B. 1401 would allow developers to "right-size" the number of parking spaces
April 19, 2021
Op-Ed: Sure, Blame the Drivers — But the City is At Fault
A viral video out of California is sparking conversation about dangerous driving. But the real villain here is barely mentioned at all: a multi-lane street designed to encourage speeding,
April 15, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
April 15, 2021
USDOT Grant Program Will Prioritize ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Equity’
The U.S. Department of Transportation is re-branding one of its largest discretionary grant programs to explicitly reward regional and local governments who put equity and sustainability first in their transportation projects. But some advocates are holding their applause until they see how the department will actually define those critical terms.
April 15, 2021
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021 — The Finals: Québec City vs. Staten Island
After hundreds of nominations and 14 hard-fought battles, we're finally down to the last two sorry stops standing. And we need your help to determine which one deserves the title of the worst waiting area in North America — or should we say Amérique du Nord?
April 14, 2021
Why Biden Is Right to Think Beyond the DOT in His Infrastructure Package
Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.
April 13, 2021
Bill Would Eliminate Problematic Minimum Parking Requirements
Among the unintended consequences of minimum parking requirements are: more driving, more traffic, more delays for everyone including transit, longer distances between destinations, more fuel use and emissions, more difficulty and danger for people who are not in cars, and much higher housing costs.
April 9, 2021
Walk S.F. Wants Your Help on Three Key Safety Bills
Write a letter, send an email, sign a petition--your life or the lives of people you care about may depend on it
April 5, 2021
No, We’re Not Getting a Federal VMT Tax (But Maybe We Should)
Secretary Pete is walking back a statement that suggested a switch from a gas tax to a mileage tax — but he certainly sparked a conversation about the future of the innovative funding mechanism that's unlikely to die down soon.
April 1, 2021
