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California HSR is Peachy
The state's rail modernization project is looking up thanks to Georgia's election results
January 6, 2021
Untrashing the Planet, One Corner at a Time
Cleaning up means working together, but also just getting out there with gloves and bags and picking up the trash.
January 6, 2021
Virginia Policy Could End Jaywalking Stops
A new Virginia law will prohibit police from utilizing one of the most outrageous pretexts to harass people of color: walking in the street outside of a designated crosswalk.
January 6, 2021
Goodbye to 2020, a Truly Unimaginable Year for Sustainable Transportation
What a crazy year — but if we take a moment to look back and think about all that happened in 2020, we might find ourselves finally ready to seize the sustainable transportation future.
January 5, 2021
Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.
December 29, 2020
Caltrans Statement on Equity: What Does it Mean?
Caltrans makes a promise, and communities and advocates will need to hold them accountable to it. It won't be easy.
December 23, 2020
‘We Could Do Without Urban Planning’: Destiny Thomas on the 2021 Un-Urbanist Assembly
"The truth is, we could do without urban planning. And if we did, that wouldn’t mean that no one would be thinking intentionally about how to make cities. The instrument, the arm, the machine [for] city-making — it's got to go."
December 22, 2020
Feds Hail Lower Road Deaths But Crashes, Injuries Increased
Walking and cycling fatalities on U.S. roadways declined slightly in 2019 — but total crashes and injuries increased, according to just-released final federal numbers for last year.
December 21, 2020
What Biden’s Other Cabinet Picks Might Mean For Sustainable Transportation
Pete Buttigieg drew most of the attention earlier this week, but two other key cabinet appointments this week could signal that electric vehicles remain at the center of the President-elect's climate strategy — despite evidence that transit, walking and biking is far more critical to cutting greenhouse gases.
December 17, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Infrastructure Only Limited by Our Imagination — And Our Governance
What if it was easier to lend your expertise to government?
December 17, 2020
