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2012
Feb 22: Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the House Transpo Bill 0
Feb 21: Seattle Cyclists Find Safety in Numbers 0
Feb 17: Reminder: States Already Control Transpo $, and They Waste Billions 0
Feb 16: Flashback: Ronald Reagan Touts Gas Tax Hike, Transit Funding as Job Creators 0
Feb 16: Blumenauer: Don’t Let American Streets Remain Unsafe Routes to School 0
Feb 16: H.R. 7: Is John Boehner Serious? 0
Feb 15: In NYC & Florida, Asking Police to Step Up for Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety 0
Feb 14: Cardin-Cochran Amendment Would Boost Local Control of Bike-Ped Funding 0
Feb 14: House Transpo Bill Turns Communities Into Collateral Damage 0
Feb 13: Rural Lawmakers Try to Stall a Higher Gas Tax in Maryland 0
Feb 10: Detroit Transit Woes a Preview of American Transit Under House GOP 0
Feb 09: A Day of Action to Stop the Attack on Transit, Biking, and Walking 0
Feb 08: House Transportation Bill Too Extreme for Some Republicans 0
Feb 08: Bikes Belong to Help Six Cities Build Protected Bikeways 0
Feb 08: Speeding Enforcement Cameras Work, and They’re Coming to Chicago 0
Feb 07: The Mile-High City Gets Back to Its Rail Roots 0
Feb 06: 12 Freeways to Watch (‘Cause They Might Be Gone Soon) 0
Feb 06: Ready to Fight? The House GOP Bill Leaves Little Choice 0
Feb 03: Study Links Quality Urbanism to Happiness :) 0
Feb 02: Even More Reasons to Abhor the House Transportation Bill 0
Feb 01: Now Open for Bids: The Fourth Round of TIGER Grants 0
Feb 01: Austin’s Urban Success Threatens Its Iconic Music Venues 0
Jan 31: Even Some Republicans Don’t Like the House GOP’s Oil Drilling Plan 0
Jan 30: Freight Rail Industry Planning Record Investment in 2012 0
Jan 30: Kickstarting a “Narrow Streets” Community in Rural Maine 0
Jan 27: Anti-Sprawl Doctor to Host PBS Series on Urban Design and Public Health 0
Jan 27: Partisan Labor Fight Threatens Indianapolis’s Game-Changing Transit Vision 0
Jan 26: College Presidents Kill Baltimore Bike Lane 0
Jan 25: SOTU: Is Obama Retreating on Infrastructure? 0
Jan 24: Mixed-Use Development Delivers Huge Public Returns Compared to Sprawl 0
Jan 24: Today in Bad Ideas: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Subway to Suburbia 0
Jan 23: How the “Right” to Cheap Parking Makes Streets Less Equitable 0
Jan 20: People Who Live Near Shopping Streets Three Times More Likely to Walk 0
Jan 19: SC DOT Responds to Cyclist Death By Considering Bike Ban 0
Jan 18: Getting Around Near and Far — The Supercharged Bike-Sharing Card 0
Jan 17: Maps Show Striking Link Between Car Commuting and Obesity 0
Jan 17: A Safety Fail From the Federal Railroad Administration 0
Jan 13: In Maryland, Marginalizing Pedestrians Under the Guise of Safety 0
Jan 12: Fracking to Take a Heavy Toll on Roads 0
Jan 11: Celebu-Economist: Drunk Driving Safer Than “Drunk Walking” 0
Jan 10: The Design Tragedies That Pass for Road “Improvements” 0
Jan 09: Will a Shorter Light Rail Line Work for Detroit? 0
Jan 05: One Anti-Rail Congress Is No Reason to Delay California HSR 0
Jan 04: Study: The Key to a Healthy Region Is a Strong Central City 0
Jan 03: Coming to a City Near You in 2012 — New Transit Projects Underway 0
2011
Dec 22: Seattle Police Mock “Dumb F***” Jogger Hit by Semi Truck 0
Dec 21: Health Benefits of Ciclovia Events Outweigh Costs 0
Dec 20: The Amazing Disappearing State Gas Tax 0
Dec 19: Will Urban Revitalization Leave Some Cities Behind? 0
Dec 16: States Forfeit $10 Billion Annually Thanks to Outdated Gas Taxes 0
Dec 16: The Silent YIMBY Majority, and Why They Lose 0
Dec 15: Early Data From SFPark: Drivers Still Flock to Blocks With Pricey Parking 0
Dec 14: The Cincinnati Streetcar: Triumphing Over an Anti-Transit Governor 0
Dec 13: No Accountability for State DOTs on Highway Projects 0
Dec 13: Bike Lane-less Dallas Inches Forward 0
Dec 12: Brilliant Reader Comment: The Double Standard on Bike/Car Behavior 0
Dec 12: The Secret to a Healthy Life: A Daily, Half-Hour Walk 0
Dec 08: Are Cyclists “Elite Snobs”? It Depends on If They’re in Your Way 0
Dec 07: The Federal Government Wants to Bribe You to Drive to Work 0
Dec 06: Housing Bust Poster-Child Miami Invites More Sprawl 0
Dec 05: Arkansas Officials Surround State Capitol With Even More Parking 0
Dec 02: The Great Recession’s “Green Lining” 0
Dec 01: Oakland Cops Can’t Be Troubled With OWS Vehicular Assault 0
Nov 30: Epic Job Creation Fail: Paying Developers to Build Free Parking 0
Nov 29: Boston to Expand Hubway Bike-Share After Brilliant First Season 0
Nov 29: Light Rail Expansion Signals an Urbanizing Houston 0
Nov 28: Michigan Cities See Placemaking as the Way to a Brighter Future 0
Nov 28: Can America Afford Not to Bike More? 0
Nov 23: St. Louis County: We Don’t Build Bike Lanes Because No One Bikes 0
Nov 22: Bye Bye Curbs: Safer Streets in the UK Mix Cars and People 0
Nov 21: Good Transit Cities Pack Jobs Tightly Together 0
Nov 17: Greater Cleveland in Denial About Its Downfall: Sprawl 0
Nov 16: Cash-Strapped Wyoming DOT to Halt Highway Expansion. Will Others Follow? 0
Nov 16: The High Cost of Cheap Roads 0
Nov 15: TIGER III Requests Exceed Available Funding 27 to 1 0
Nov 15: More Evidence That Bike Facilities Are Good for Local Businesses 0
Nov 14: Quantified: The Price of Sprawl in Florida 0
Nov 14: In Massachusetts, Driving Drunk, Getting Caught, Walking Away Scot Free 0
Nov 11: Who Knew? Memphis on Track to Add 55 Miles of Bike Lanes in Just Two Years 0
Nov 11: Mexico City Activists Draw the Line With DIY Bike Lanes 0
Nov 10: Meet the Rick Perry Donor Who Runs Texas DOT 0
Nov 10: Want to Sell Voters on Transit? Keep It Simple 0
Nov 09: Raleigh-Durham Voters Give Go-Ahead to Light Rail Plans 0
Nov 08: The Hypocrisy of Chrysler’s “Imported from Detroit” Campaign 0
Nov 08: Saving the Farm: The Fight to Keep Sprawl From Engulfing Rural America 0
Nov 07: Senate’s Draft Transpo Bill Ends Earmarks But Weakens Bike-Ped Programs 0
Nov 07: FRA Safety Regs Add Costs, Not Safety, to American Rail 0
Nov 04: Report: “Cash for Clunkers” Was a Lemon 0
Nov 03: Putting the Price of California HSR in Perspective 0
Nov 02: Texas Sprawl Builders Funneled Taxpayer $ to Highway That Enriched Them 0
Nov 02: Fifteen Is Serene: DC Considers 15 MPH Speed Limits 0
Nov 01: Is City Living the Secret to Happiness? 0
Oct 31: Trapped By Car Dependence: Stories From Commute-Battered Americans 0
Oct 31: AP: GOP Attacks on Transportation Enhancements Are “Tall Tales” 0
Oct 28: Memo to Rand Paul: Want Bridges in Better Shape? Invest in Cycling 0
Oct 27: GOP Gov Rick Snyder Has a Plan to Expand Michigan Transit — and Pay For It 0
Oct 27: The Power of Blogs and Social Media in Transportation Policy 0
Oct 26: The Surprising Psychology of Driver Interaction With Cyclists 0
Oct 25: Seattle Drivers Cause Most Crashes, But Seattle Cops Increasingly Cite Peds 0
Oct 20: FTA Distributes $1 Billion to Local Transit Agencies 0
Oct 20: Look Out Below: One in Nine Bridges Structurally Deficient, Reports T4A 0
Oct 19: Transportation Enhancements Beats Back Another Assault 0
Oct 19: The Scandalously High Cost of Shortchanging Transit 0
Oct 18: In South Carolina, a New Era of Justice for Cyclists? 0
Oct 17: The $125,000 Commute, Not as Uncommon as You’d Think 0
Oct 14: Cyclist Requests Summit With Jerry Brown After Gov Kills Safe Passing Bill 0
Oct 13: Carnahan and LaTourette Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Transit Service 0
Oct 13: Lacking Sidewalks, South Fresno Peds Cut Dirt Path Maze Through City 0
Oct 12: New GAO Report: All States are “Donees” When it Comes to Highways 0
Oct 12: New Jersey Residents: “More Smart Growth, Please” 0
Oct 11: What the Cycling Movement Can Learn from Occupy Wall Street 0
Oct 10: Sidewalks Alone Can’t Solve the Suburban Megaschools’ Walking Problem 0
Oct 07: Detroit Father Charged With Child Endangerment for Cycling With Sons 0
Oct 06: New Urbanists: No Economic Recovery Without Smart Growth 0
Oct 05: No Safe Option for Jersey Teens Killed on Railroad Tracks 0
Oct 04: Blaming the Victim: Specious Complaints About Cyclist Behavior 0
Oct 03: Aerotropolis: A New Model for Cities? 0
Sep 30: Critical Mass: Good for Cycling or Bad PR? 0
Sep 29: Backwards Priorities: Most Vulnerable Commuters Last to Be Considered 0
Sep 28: So Much for Austerity: Wisconsin Builds $25 Million Interchange in Cornfield 0
Sep 27: The Toothless Official Response to Air Quality Emergencies 0
Sep 26: Wait. What? Already? Cleveland Takes Step Backward on Complete Streets 0
Sep 23: Will Seattle’s “Carmageddon” Be as Anti-Climactic as LA’s? 0
Sep 21: Can the Feds Fix Detroit’s Uniquely Terrible Transit System? 0
Sep 21: One Year In, Capital Bikeshare Shatters Expectations 0
Sep 20: In Cleveland, A Slow Evolution Toward Sustainable Transportation 0
Sep 20: Should Public Transit Agencies Strive for Profitability? 0
Sep 19: Park(ing) Day Organizer Arrested in Miami 0
Sep 16: After Rash of Cyclist Deaths in Seattle, Grief Turns to Anger 0
Sep 15: The Incredible Shrinking Megastore: Retailers Think Outside the Big Box 0
Sep 15: Looking to Root Out Transportation Waste? Try Highways to Nowhere 0
Sep 14: Riding the Sidewalks and Risking Death: The Plight of Las Vegas Cyclists 0
Sep 13: The Parking Deck vs. the Local Grocery 0
Sep 12: The Housing-Value Bonus for Rail Transit: 10, 20, Even 50 Percent 0
Sep 12: Ten Years After 9/11, American Oil Addiction Persists 0
Sep 09: Obama’s Jobs Speech Gets the Transportation Wonk Seal of Approval 0
Sep 08: Georgia DOT: Only People on Bikes Go Joyriding 0
Sep 07: Will New Haven Replace a Highway With Highway-Like Conditions? 0
Sep 06: The Indisputable Density Dividend 0
Aug 23: In Portland, Counterposing Demands for Equity and Innovation 0
Aug 22: Would Taxing Bikes Solve the Infrastructure Problem? 0
Aug 19: Brookings: 700,000 Carless Americans Stranded Outside Reach of Transit 0
Aug 19: What’s Troubling Megabus Haters? 0
Aug 18: T4A Building Album of USA’s Most Dangerous Streets, Needs Your Photos! 0
Aug 17: Recession Forcing Cutbacks at Nearly 80 Percent of U.S. Transit Agencies 0
Aug 17: How Seattle’s Deep-Bore Highway Opponents Lost Their Own Referendum 0
Aug 16: Maryland SHA: Guardrails Are for Protecting Cars, Not People 0
Aug 15: Transit By Referendum: A New Way Forward for Atlanta and Seattle? 0
Aug 12: Michigan Puts Road Engineers on Bikes 0
Aug 12: Cyclists Take Black Hawk Bike-Ban Case to Colorado Supreme Court 0
Aug 11: San Antonio’s Sprawl-Busting Transit Chief 0
Aug 10: When Will the Environmental Movement Embrace Cities? 0
Aug 09: Chinese Communist Party Emulates America’s Socialist Parking Policies 0
Aug 08: Salt Lake City, Rising Transit Star 0
Aug 01: Bike Shops: The Unsung Heroes of the Cycling Movement 0
Jul 29: Sprawl’s Greatest Hits: A History of Suburban Protest Ballads 0
Jul 29: Charlottesville, Virginia to Bypass Years of Careful Planning 0
Jul 28: For Raquel Nelson, Justice Still Elusive 0
Jul 27: $1,060: The Cost of Decrepit Infrastructure for Your Family Last Year 0
Jul 27: Car and Driver Magazine: “We Must Consider Alternative Transportation” 0
Jul 26: Federal Regulations at Odds with Demand for Urban Housing 0
Jul 26: Raquel Nelson Sentenced to Year of Probation, Granted Option of New Trial 0
Jul 26: Maryland Police: Fallen Cyclist Shouldn’t Have Been on the Road 0
Jul 25: Dallas Demonstrates How Not to Build a Modern Streetcar 0
Jul 22: On Gentrification and Cycling 0
Jul 21: Meet the Obscure Unelected Agencies Strangling Many U.S. Cities 0
Jul 21: Columbus’s Hide-the-Poor Transit Strategy Is, Predictably, Bad for Transit 0
Jul 20: The Public Interest and Private-Sector Involvement in High-Speed Rail 0
Jul 20: Mixed Messages: Parking Requirements at Bars 0
Jul 19: St. Louis, 2008: Another “Carmageddon” That Wasn’t 0
Jul 18: Why Carmageddon (and the Wolfpack Victory) Matters 0
Jul 15: Don’t Count High Speed Rail Out Yet 0
Jul 14: Federal Government, Despite Progress, Still Acting as Agent of Sprawl 0
Jul 13: Coincidence? Most Expensive Cities for Parking All Suspiciously Awesome 0
Jul 12: The Exquisite Irony of the House GOP Transpo Bill Cover 0
Jul 11: An Unsettling Look at the Early Marketing of the Two-Car Household 0
Jul 08: Mica’s Transpo Bill Would Spell Disaster for Transit 0
Jul 07: The Motor City’s Burgeoning Cycling Scene 0
Jul 06: DC’s Car-Sharing Fee: A Case Study in Bad Parking Policy 0
Jul 05: In a Growth-Oriented System, Youngstown, Ohio Struggles to Shrink 0
Jul 05: The Specious Threat of Spillover Parking 0
Jul 01: The Social Benefits of Cycling Identified, Enumerated and Imitated 0
Jun 30: Compromise Over Detroit Light Rail Gets Thumbs Up from Advocates 0
Jun 30: Detroit’s Sprawl King: Transit Expansion Plan Would Be a “Job Killer” 0
Jun 29: The Fiction of the Persecuted European Motorist 0
Jun 28: Coming to a College Campus Near You: More Learning, Less Parking 0
Jun 27: The Persistence of Job Sprawl in Smaller Cities 0
Jun 24: Rob Ford’s Toronto: Moving Backwards 0
Jun 23: Chicago Experimenting With the “Pedestrian Scramble” 0
Jun 22: Cycling: What’s Holding Women Back? 0
Jun 21: Bike-Ped Defunding Proposal Sparks Mutiny in Mica’s Home District 0
Jun 21: Streets Built For Bikes and Pedestrians Also Yield More Jobs 0
Jun 20: Too Many Transfers, Too Much Parking, Not Enough Multi-Modalism 0
Jun 17: Private Investors Make Ultimatum to Dictate Detroit Rail Design 0
Jun 16: Poll: Republicans Support Transpo Policies to Avert Climate Change, Too 0
Jun 16: Koch-Funded “Scholar” O’Toole: Seniors Love Car Dependence 0
Jun 15: Fix-It-First Bill Introduced in Senate 0
Jun 15: Transit’s Identity Crisis: Social Service or Economic Engine? 0
Jun 14: Security Measures for Buses and Trains? They Could Make Us Less Safe 0
Jun 13: Which Comes First: Families Staying in the City, or Better Urban Schools? 0
Jun 10: “Right-Sizing” Detroit Should Start With Its Sprawling Suburbs 0
Jun 09: Leapfrog Development Rears Its Ugly Head Outside of Fresno 0
Jun 08: Look Out Portland, New York, Minneapolis: Here Comes Chicago 0
Jun 07: India’s Parking Policies Lead Down the Road to Car-Choked Cities 0
Jun 06: A Good Transit Plan Meets a Shaky Financial Commitment in Indianapolis 0
Jun 03: Building a Groundswell for Safer Streets in the Deep South 0
Jun 02: Trading Parking Spaces for Park Space 0
Jun 01: Existing Roads Slide Into Decrepitude as States Splurge on Highway Expansion 0
Jun 01: Suburban Office Parks Are Losing Their Beige-Tinted Shimmer 0
May 31: The Northeast Corridor: To Privatize or Not to Privatize? 0
May 27: City Councilman Greets Philly’s Bike Progress With Anti-Bike Legislation 0
May 26: America’s Waning Commitment to Transportation Funding 0
May 25: Columbus Sprawls Through Malls 0
May 24: Washington Tops List of Bike-Friendly States 0
May 23: Detroit Media Mogul: Beware Transport Subsidies (Except for Cars) 0
May 13: “Development-Oriented Transit”: Lessons From Hong Kong 0
May 12: Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding 0
May 12: Job Sprawl and the Importance of Transit to Suburban Employment Centers 0
May 11: The Problem Isn’t Higher Gas Prices, It’s Lack of Choice 0
May 10: Blumenauer Bill Would Level the Field for Commuter Tax Benefits 0
May 09: Is More Transit Worthwhile If More Highways Are Part of the Bargain? 0
May 06: Two Years After the Stimulus Bill: Still a Political Grudge Match 0
May 06: Why Planners Need to Exercise (Not Exorcise) Their Passions 0
May 05: Scott Walker, Posterboy for Government Waste 0
May 04: Funding Mass Transit Security After Bin Laden 0
May 04: Forget Your Bike Lock? Businesses in Portland Have You Covered 0
May 03: WaPo: Happy Bike Month, Scofflaws! 0
May 02: NACTO Releases Reader-Friendly Design Guide for Bike-Friendly Streets 0
May 02: Will Kids in Strollers Get the Heave-Ho on Boston Buses? 0
Apr 29: Digging a Hole: What’s Behind America’s Aversion to Fixing It First? 0
Apr 28: Third Houston Outerbelt Would Turn Prairies Into Texas Toast 0
Apr 28: Chasing the Elusive New Transit Rider, Missing the Bus? 0
Apr 27: Which Places Have the Best Complete Streets Policies? 0
Apr 27: Signal Timing and Pedestrian Safety: A Case Study From Baltimore 0
Apr 26: The New Dynamics That Are Eroding the Market for Sprawl 0
Apr 25: Under Pressure, AASHTO Withdraws Objection to Stronger Bike-Ped Rules 0
Apr 25: Arlington Republicans Come Out Against Bike-Share Expansion 0
Apr 21: It’s the Sprawl, Stupid — The Budget Buster No One’s Talking About 0
Apr 20: Zipcar Goes Public, Seattle Times Goes Road-Crazy, Commuters Go By Bike 0
Apr 19: Suburban Commuter Rail: Politically Attractive, Functionally Repulsive 0
Apr 18: The Rising Price of Gas Is the Talk of the Nation 0
Apr 15: An Australian Perspective on the Urban-Suburban Politics 0
Apr 14: The Columbia River Crossing: A Highway Boondoggle in Disguise 0
Apr 14: Portland Can’t Add Bike Parking Fast Enough to Please Businesses 0
Apr 13: Local Lawmakers: Don’t Mess With Texas Cyclists and Pedestrians 0
Apr 12: AASHTO: New Rule Makes it Too Hard to Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians 0
Apr 12: Livability Star Vancouver the Latest City to Look at Highway Removal 0
Apr 11: Transit and Rail Likely to Take a Hit in Budget Compromise 0
Apr 01: What L.A.’s 30/10 Plan Could Mean for Transit Funding Nationwide 0
Mar 31: Obama’s Energy Security Speech Misses the Mark 0
Mar 30: Congress Looking at High-Tech Solutions to Nation’s Infrastructure Woes 0
Mar 30: Pro-Sprawl Policies Help Make Milwaukee America’s Most Segregated Metro 0
Mar 29: Bad Ideas 101: An Outer-Outerbelt for Charlotte 0
Mar 28: Happy 35th Birthday, D.C. Metro 0
Mar 25: Newsflash: Highways Are Handouts for Developers, Too 0
Mar 24: Houston Advocates Rally to Save Bike-Ped Funds From Motorhead Bureaucrats 0
Mar 24: There’s a New Sheriff at Ohio DOT, and He Likes Asphalt 0
Mar 23: Car Companies Vie for Supremacy in Distracted Driving Arms Race 0
Mar 22: A Casino for Lower Manhattan? How Banishing Vice Can Backfire 0
Mar 21: Transit Agencies Seeking Operating Support Meet Politics as Usual 0
Mar 18: Sapping Street Life in Dallas, Ordinance by Ordinance 0
Mar 17: Tea Party Conspiracy Theorists Descend on Charlottesville, VA 0
Mar 16: Poll: Rising Fuel Prices Hitting Middle-Class Americans Hard 0
Mar 16: Downtowns Are Back, and They’re Bringing Central Neighborhoods Along 0
Mar 15: In Tight Times for Transit Budgets, FTA Warns Agencies Not to Discriminate 0
Mar 15: Trying to Lure Google? Better Have Mixed-Use, Walkable Development 0
Mar 14: A Metro Detroit Business Owner on the Talent-Repelling Effect of Sprawl 0
Mar 14: In Detroit, Competing Interests Offer Competing Visions for Rail 0
Mar 10: NACTO: Feds Already Greenlighting Bikeway Design Innovations 0
Mar 10: Ohio Gov. John Kasich vs. the Cincinnati Streetcar 0
Mar 09: New Bikeway Design Guide Could Bring Safer Cycling to More American Cities 0
Mar 09: State DOT “Improvements” Imperil Pedestrians in Florida 0
Mar 08: Bypasses of Bypasses: A Case Study on Induced Sprawl From North Carolina 0
Mar 07: On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes 0
Mar 07: Is Generational Turnover Necessary for the Return of Cities? 0
Mar 04: Is Jersey City a Suburb? Joel Kotkin Thinks So 0
Mar 03: Beyond Bus v. Rail: A Nuanced Approach to Evaluating Transit 0
Mar 02: Is Driving on the Decline in the Pacific Northwest? 0
Mar 01: A Car Becomes a Weapon in Brazil; Pedestrians Shortchanged in Detroit 0
Feb 28: Condos, Parking Lots, and Transit: D.C.’s Transportation Crossroads 0
Feb 25: Gov. Rick Scott Is Reconsidering Florida HSR Position 0
Feb 25: Sprawl Wallops St. Louis With Eight Percent Population Loss 0
Feb 24: Rochester Residents, Left Out of Transpo Bill Hearing, Create Their Own 0
Feb 23: Road Interests Crowd Reauthorization Panels in Indiana and Chicago 0
Feb 23: Highways Take Center Stage at Columbus Transpo Field Hearing 0
Feb 23: Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker: Let Them Drive Cars 0
Feb 22: Less Is More: Highway Removal Could Make Buffalo a Better City 0
Feb 18: House Republicans Threaten Critical Transit Expansions Across the Nation 0
Feb 17: Poll: Voters From All Walks Support Transportation Improvements, Reform 0
Feb 17: Florida Gov. Rick Scott Has Some Strange Ideas About Job Creation 0
Feb 16: Florida Gov. Rick Scott Chooses Politics Over Constituents, Rejects HSR Funds 0
Feb 16: LaHood: Rail Is the Way Forward 0
Feb 15: Barbara Boxer Commends Obama’s Long-term Transpo Plan 0
Feb 15: Transportation Reformers Applaud Obama’s Six-Year Transpo Plan 0
Feb 14: Backwards Budgeting, City Love, and Dangerous Hybrids 0
Feb 11: When Will AASHTO Revise Its Policy Against Separated Bike Lanes? 0
Feb 10: A State DOT’s Unshakable Highway Fixation 0
Feb 10: More Cyclists = Safer Cycling in Minneapolis 0
Feb 09: In Charleston, an Affordable, Effective Alternative to Highway Expansion 0
Feb 09: New Jersey’s TOD Tax Credit Is Producing Jobs 0
Feb 08: Sprawl Breeds Sprawl 0
Feb 07: Virginia Tea Party: GOP Development Policies = Eco-Extremism 0
Feb 04: Award-Winning Transit-Oriented Development May Never Get Transit 0
Feb 03: The Dividends of Car-Free Parenting 0
Feb 02: What Does John McCain Have Against Bikes at Airports? 0
Feb 01: How Cars Won the Early Battle for the Streets 0
Jan 31: Rahm Emanuel’s Bike Plan for Chicago Gets High Marks 0
Jan 28: Measuring the Global Health Impact of Transportation Reform 0
Jan 27: The Long and Triumphant History of Women in Cycling 0
Jan 26: St. Louis: Plenty of Highways, Little Congestion, Long Commutes 0
Jan 25: Republican Opposition to Transit: A Geographic Explanation 0
Jan 24: Green Transportation Projects Moving Forward in Florida, Detroit 0
Jan 21: The Maddening Wrongness of TTI’s Annual Urban Mobility Rankings 0
Jan 20: Making Room for Modes Other Than Cars 0
Jan 19: Is It Time to Outlaw Car Radios? 0
Jan 18: Can Good Planning Tame the Suburban Retail Monster? 0
Jan 14: Returning Streets to People in South Korea: The Political Dividend 0
Jan 13: Oregon Lawmaker Wants to Outlaw Cycling With Young Children 0
Jan 12: Cycling Up 70 Percent on London’s Bike Superhighways 0
Jan 11: Highway Expansion Rampant in Wisconsin, Which “Can’t Afford” Rail 0
Jan 10: Going Car-Free in a Car-Centric City 0
Jan 07: In Iowa, Another Midwest HSR Plan in Jeopardy 0
Jan 06: U.S. Auto Safety Standards: Undermining Efficiency, Ignoring Pedestrians 0
Jan 05: A Lesson in Heading Off Anti-Reform Rhetoric 0
Jan 04: Beating the Fare Hike Blues 0
Jan 03: A Transportation Manifesto For a New Decade 0
2010
Dec 17: Arlington, Virginia: Livable By Design 0
Dec 16: The Secret to Enjoying Winter: Ditch the Car 0
Dec 15: Report: Commuters in Eugene, Oregon Have It Best 0
Dec 14: New Jersey Gets It Wrong on Parking Lot Privatization 0
Dec 13: How to Talk to a Conservative About Cycling 0
Dec 10: Can Rear-View Cameras Make SUVs Safer? 0
Dec 09: Ohio, Wisc. Rail Money to be Transferred to 13 Other States 0
Dec 09: Reincarnated ARC Tunnel Funds Proposed to Support Auto Infrastructure 0
Dec 08: Fort Worth City Council Smothers Streetcar in Its Crib 0
Dec 07: D.C.’s Metro Sees Cycling as an Opportunity to Grow Ridership 0
Dec 06: In Dallas, Sprawling City Form Hampers Shift to Light Rail 0
Dec 03: Fire Officials Challenge Street Safety Improvements in Virginia 0
Dec 02: Lessons For St. Louis From the UK’s “20′s Plenty” Campaign 0
Dec 01: Linking Transportation, Food Access and Health 0
Nov 30: The Final Push to Preserve an Important Benefit for Transit Riders 0
Nov 29: Multi-Family Developers: Easy Targets, Unintended Consequences 0
Nov 24: The Florida State DOT vs. Livability 0
Nov 23: A Former Traffic Engineer on the Industry’s Perverse Standards 0
Nov 22: Using Parking Fees to Reduce Street Consumption 0
Nov 19: Garage to Condo: The Case for Convertible Parking Space 0
Nov 18: Is This Battery-Powered Subcompact the Future of Car Sharing? 0
Nov 17: European Carmakers Get Into the Bicycle Business 0
Nov 16: Shocker: Returning $3B to Feds Won’t Cure Ailing NJ Transpo Budget 0
Nov 15: Retrofitting the Suburban Strip 0
Nov 12: “As Efficient as a U-Haul” — One Family’s Story of Moving By Bike 0
Nov 11: U.S. Trade Deficit Joined at the Hip to U.S. Oil Dependence 0
Nov 10: A Promising Start for Minneapolis Bike-Sharing 0
Nov 09: How Indianapolis Could Raise the Bar for Midwest Transit Investment 0
Nov 08: Estranged Bedfellows: Trains and Conservatism 0
Nov 05: An Open Letter to Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich 0
Nov 05: Young People on Car Ownership: Meh 0
Nov 04: Columbus Developers: Transit Riders Are Bad for Business 0
Nov 03: The Fiscal Argument for Transportation Reform 0
Nov 02: In Austin and Around the Nation: Big Stakes for Green Transportation 0
Nov 01: Could Restructuring the Gas Tax Fund the Transportation Bill? 0
Oct 29: Separating Cyclists From Air Pollution 0
Oct 28: Becoming a YIMBY for Livable Communities 0
Oct 27: Cycling Tips From a Bike-Commuting Bus Driver 0
Oct 26: How One Arizona Town Is Encouraging People to Get High and Drive 0
Oct 25: The Case Against Linking Bike Safety Improvements to Cyclists’ Behavior 0
Oct 22: The Shrinking American House: Sign of a Cultural Shift? 0
Oct 21: Can Suburbs and Sustainability Coexist? 0
Oct 20: In Detroit, a Long-Overdue Push to Create a Cohesive Transit System 0
Oct 19: How Walkable Are the Streets Near Your Transit Stop? 0
Oct 18: Is It Time for a Certification System for Transit-Oriented Development? 0
Oct 15: The Fitness Gap: Americans Walk Far Less Than People in Other Countries 0
Oct 14: Which Cities Are Making the Quickest Shift Away From Cars? 0
Oct 13: Sounding the Alarm on Bike-Ped Deaths and Injuries in D.C. 0
Oct 12: The Pay Toilet: Coming Soon to a Street Corner Near You? 0
Oct 08: In Death of ARC Tunnel, Political Grandstanding Trumps Governing 0
Oct 07: Mourning the Potential Loss of Bus Service on Long Island 0
Oct 06: Questioning Obama’s Transpo Legacy as Fresno County Sprawls 0
Oct 05: Capital Bikeshare Winning Hearts, But How Will It Change the Streets? 0
Oct 04: Given a Choice, NJ and PA Sacrifice Bike-Ped Funding 0
Oct 01: Bike Boxes Stoke Motorist Resentment in Seattle 0
Sep 30: How Flawed Formulas Lead Down the Road to Sprawl 0
Sep 29: New Orleans, Honolulu Rocket Up the Bike Commute Charts 0
Sep 28: Investigative Series on Transpo Safety Overlooks Most Vulnerable Travelers 0
Sep 27: When It Comes to Successful Transit, Density Is Not Destiny 0
Sep 24: “Forgiving” Distracted Driving Won’t Keep Our Streets Safe 0
Sep 23: Development Near Transit Too Pricey? Build More Transit 0
Sep 22: Reclaiming the Streets on World Car Free Day 0
Sep 21: Local Georgia Planning Commission Hinders Walkability 0
Sep 20: The Psychology of Road Rage: How Cars Transform Others Into Obstacles 0
Sep 17: Making Transportation Safer for “Invisible Cyclists” 0
Sep 16: The Unnatural Demise (and Possible Revival) of the Baltimore Streetcar 0
Sep 15: In Miami, Advocating for Parking Surplus to Pay for Better Transit 0
Sep 14: Portland School Casts Off Bike Ban, Embraces Cycling 0
Sep 13: Our Car-Based Environments Are Making Us Sick 0
Sep 09: Leinberger: Infrastructure Bank the Right Prescription for Ailing Economy 0
Sep 08: Green Transportation Depends on Reining in Space for Cars 0
Sep 07: First Impressions of Obama’s Big Infrastructure Announcement 3
Aug 26: Proof From Jersey That Laws Protecting Crosswalks Don’t Endanger Peds 0
Aug 25: In Support of Atlanta’s Streetcar Proposal 0
Aug 24: In Atlanta’s TIGER Bid, Innovative “Beltline” Takes Backseat to Streetcar 0
Aug 23: New Evidence Links Sprawl to Parking Minimums 0
Aug 20: The Hazards of Privatizing Public Infrastructure 0
Aug 19: Texas Judge Deems Cyclist Guilty for Riding on the Road 0
Aug 18: Wisconsin Gov Candidate Threatens Rail Extension 0
Aug 17: Houston METRO Expands Bike Access By Removing Seats 0