Virginia Snowstorm Nightmare Highlights Need For Better Transportation Policy
A record-breaking snowstorm that left countless drivers stranded overnight on a Virginia highway in sub-zero temperatures has some advocates questioning the region's auto-centric transportation system.
January 4, 2022
Op-Ed: Reimagining Walking Distance
The bipartisan infrastructure bill, passed by the Senate in August, presents a great opportunity to make our towns and cities more walkable.
January 3, 2022
Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts
TxDOT is allegedly threatening retaliation against the whole Houston region because advocates continue to fight a highway expansion that the agency knows will have a harmful impacts on communities of color.
December 21, 2021
USDOT Pressures States To Spend New Infrastructure Funds Sustainably
As states begin cashing no-strings-attached federal infrastructure checks, U.S. DOT is pushing them to spend those funds on projects that will help end the climate and roadway death crises.
December 17, 2021
Could Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Help Heal the Scars Highways Created?
From the interstate highway system to public housing, some of America’s most discriminatory and damaging policies have been implemented under the auspices of the need for better infrastructure.
December 14, 2021
Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing
America’s Covid-induced cycling boom is being stifled by massive over-reliance on overseas bike manufacturers.
December 13, 2021
Study: Most Drivers Don’t Know the Difference Between AVs and Driver Assistance Tech
The majority of vehicle owners think that the installation of advanced driver assistance technology qualifies their car as a "fully automated self driving vehicle," a new study shows.
December 9, 2021
STUDY: Transit Agencies Are Planning a Radically Equitable COVID Recovery
A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic.
December 6, 2021
STUDY: Better Bike Policy Could Prevent 15K U.S. Deaths Every Year
If U.S. cities take aggressive but realistic action to replace car trips with bike trips by 2050, they could prevent more than 15,000 premature deaths every year, a new study finds.
December 3, 2021
Can E-Mopedsharing Help Wean Americans Off Car Ownership?
Electric moped sharing became one of the most rapidly growing alternatives to driving in cities around the world during 2021, a new report says.
December 1, 2021
