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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
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
Five Questions About Biden’s Infrastructure Package
President Biden revealed new details about his transformative new infrastructure package today, but sustainable transportation advocates are already questioning how much it will actually transform our national addiction to cars.
April 1, 2021
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.
March 24, 2021
STUDY: Drivers Mostly Use Cruise Control to Speed
"Cruise control" technology was invented to help drivers maintain a safe and steady speed — but more often, they use it to go faster than they would without it, a new study finds.
March 23, 2021
NBA Star Shawn Bradley Paralyzed in Crash
Former Dallas Mavericks player Shawn Bradley announced today that he was struck by a driver while riding his bike, paralyzing the NBA star and reminding America that no one is safe from our national traffic violence epidemic until we commit to ending it.
March 18, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Latina Leaders in Transit
This week, we talk about diversity in transit (and the need for more!) with Angie Rivera-Malpiede of the Regional Transportation District in Denver, and Cindy Chavez, a Santa Clara County, Calif. supervisor.
March 11, 2021
This Year’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers Is Unacceptably Familiar
Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years — and the only one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.
March 10, 2021
