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President Sprawl? What’s With Pols Talking About Developing Federal Land?
The federal government's job should be "to make sure that all people have the choice of living in the community that they choose and that they’re able to afford to live there,” said one activist.
October 21, 2024
Reconnecting Communities: Are We There Yet?
Advocates warn: to reconnect communities, you have to listen to them.
Sophia Lebowitz
October 20, 2024
EVs — What Are They Good For?
A new paper argues that policymakers need to totally rethink their subsidy regime.
October 15, 2024
GOP’s ‘Project 2025’ is ‘Based on a Lot of Ignorance’
What does Transportation for America's Beth Osborne think of the transportation portion of the Heritage Foundation's playbook for a Trump presidency?
July 22, 2024
New Law Would Ensure The Bike Revolution is American-Made
On-shoring the bike manufacturing industry isn't just good for the national economy, a top congressman argues — it's also good for ending car dependency.
June 10, 2024
Rep. Earl Blumenauer Thinks Biking Is About To Have Its Big Moment
..and he hopes to catalyze that revolution as he leaves the halls of Congress.
May 27, 2024
50 Years Since Nixon’s ‘National Speed Limit’: A Tale of Missed Opportunities
A half-century after the federal government instituted a national maximum speed, setting speed limits that keep all road users safe has become a political battleground.
January 30, 2024
DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting
No states will face penalties for building needless toxic road projects — but they also won't be able to hide those impacts from the public.
November 27, 2023
Rep. Earl Blumenauer Reflects on His Career, And Why ‘Bike-Partisanship’ is America’s Secret Weapon
As he concludes his nearly 30-year career in Congress, Earl Blumenauer says America has never been better positioned to make a "quantum leap" towards bikeability.
November 13, 2023
Highway Boondoggles 2023: This Year’s Poster Children for Bad Projects
Once again, transportation funds that could be used to repair streets, roads and bridges are instead diverted into costly, damaging highway expansion projects. Here's this year's list of the worst of the worst.
James Horrox
November 8, 2023
