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Op-Ed: Copenhagen’s Lessons for the ‘Green Wave’
As New York expands the bike network, it should protect lanes on both sides and employ people-powered data.
November 22, 2019
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
Gov. Ned Lamont spends twice as much money widening highways as he does on improving public transit but at least he still wants to toll drivers.
November 20, 2019
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
The pilot would keep delivery trucks and taxis moving through city streets instead of blocking lanes and double parking.
November 14, 2019
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
More than 70 percent of federal multi-modal grants went to roads in the Trump administration, double the Obama proportion.
November 13, 2019
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
Cops have been cracking down on fare evasion, eating, and selling food in train stations in several cities nationally, sparking demonstrations.
November 12, 2019
City Officials All over the U.S. to Feds: Don’t Mandate Helmet Laws!
NACTO, a group of city transportation officials from all over America, urged the National Transportation Safety Board to pull back from its recommendation earlier this week that all states require adults to wear helmets.
November 8, 2019
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
November 7, 2019
Federal grants approved for 7 local projects to improve bike and ped access to transit
When bus stops and train stations aren't safe or convenient to walk or bike to, that can be a major disincentive to riding transit.
November 4, 2019
Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl
Driverless vehicles will contribute to congestion even if there are fewer cars on the road, a new study says.
November 1, 2019
Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk
Bluff City had the highest fatality rate in the country in 2018 according to federal traffic data.
October 31, 2019
