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Friday Video: You Should Care That Your Car Is Spying On You
Yes, every device we own is probably harvesting our data. But the car might be the worst offender.
September 25, 2025
A Park too Far: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Infrastructure Tour
Before the freeway building age, West Oakland was actually the gateway for the entire Bay Area to the rest of the world.
April 16, 2018
New Orleans Activist Embarks on 1600-Mile Bike Ride for the Gulf
The BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico provides a fitting backdrop for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29. Who better to connect the two disasters than longtime New Orleans community organizer Malik Rahim, who helped found Common Ground Relief in the aftermath of the 2005 catastrophe? Rahim, who calls himself a "novice cyclist but veteran activist," is tackling the 2010 spill with a 1600-mile bike ride along the Gulf and up the eastern seaboard to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of the need to wean ourselves off fossil fuel dependence.
August 25, 2010
Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate
Advocates for urban transit riders in 14 metro areas climbed the Hill
today to pitch lawmakers face-to-face on the need for extra federal
transit operating aid, a grassroots lobbying effort that could face
considerable challenges even as Democrats craft a new jobs bill with a
focus on infrastructure.
January 27, 2010