Kea Wilson
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New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Encourage
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A groundbreaking new calculator gives advocates the tools they need to instantly show the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
Kerry Warns Budget Bill Delay Will Hold Global Climate Goals Hostage
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Centrist bickering over the size of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation will have dire consequences for key international climate goals, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warns.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Dodge Truancy v. Mercedes Benz E-Class
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Today, we’re looking at two spots that might initially seem like opposites: a nostalgic ode to the 1980s NASCAR aesthetic, and a starry-eyed love-letter to an autonomous driving future that America is nowhere near achieving.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Aggressively American Edition
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We’re finishing off our first round of competition with two ads that give a salute to America … or at least one very specific, aggressively toxic version of it.
Congressional Maneuvering Delays Infrastructure Bill
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Congress was forced to delay a vote on a bill that would have reauthorized the nation’s major transportation programs last night, throwing the future of sustainable-transport advocates’ priorities into doubt.
What Would Our Cities Look Like If AVs Ruled the Roads?
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Autonomous vehicles could still unleash a second wave of suburban sprawl that makes cities inhospitable to people outside cars in new ways.
Why Transit Planners Need to Talk About Public Health
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Baltimore is failing to deliver quality transit to the predominantly low-income neighborhoods of color that need it most, a new report from public health researchers argues.
Federal E-Car Incentives Get $4B, E-Bikes Still In Limbo
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U.S. motorists may soon be eligible for up to $12,500 in grants to purchase electric cars, thanks to a new fund folded into the Democrats’ reconciliation package — but benefits for e-bike purchasers may be far more modest.
Progressive Dems Demand $30B for Transit, Deemphasize EVs
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Mass transit must be at the center of America’s strategy to end climate change, a coalition of lawmakers says.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ad: Hummer EV vs. H3
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We’re kicking off our quest to find America’s Most Toxic Car ad with a bang — if not necessarily an engine blast.
COVID-19 Road Death Surge Continues
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The empty roads of the quarantine era may be a thing of the past, but the roadway death surge of the COVID era isn’t done with America yet.
How the Twin Cities Abolished Parking Minimums (And How Your City Can, Too)
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The Twin Cities’ victory over mandatory parking minimums was won by smart, persistent organizing among advocates and well-informed electeds.