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Op Ed: Safe Street Design Is More Important Than Bike-Share
New studies of Lisbon and Toronto offer the latest evidence for the power of safe infrastructure to encourage more cycling in cities — and speak to the perils of relying on historical data.
July 23, 2020
Half of Americans Want Drivers Who Drive More to Pay More
People are starting to get behind a VMT tax. (Um, so what's a vehicle miles traveled tax?)
July 20, 2020
Four Things to Know About Biden’s Energy Plan
The candidate's plan has...just about everything in it. But which programs will actually get the most federal money?
July 15, 2020
High-Speed Rail’s Potential 2020 Turning Point
2008 will be remembered as the year California voters launched America's first HSR project. And 2020 could be the year America decides to complete it.
July 14, 2020
A Third of U.S. Workers Want to Ditch Commutes and Work Remotely
If employers give the workers what they want, we can end three pandemics: COVID-19, climate change, and traffic violence.
July 14, 2020
Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
July 8, 2020
McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’
Not everyone thinks reforming highway funding to better dress our climate change emergency is a bad thing.
July 2, 2020
Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act
Our Congresspeople are reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if they succeed, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S.
July 2, 2020
New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect July 1
Ding! Dong! Level of Service is dead!
July 1, 2020
Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis
Two white homeowners threatened the lives of Black Lives Mater protesters in on a private street in St. Louis on Sunday, raising new questions about anti-Black racism in pseudo-public space.
June 30, 2020
