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How Your City Can Pass Its Federal Transit Equity Test and Still Fail Riders
"A system that looks fair on paper only because it pushed everyone else into a car is not equitable."
October 7, 2026
Milwaukee Mayor Abandons Highway Teardown To Calm Irrational Fears Of Driver Class
Mayor Cavalier Johnson has set aside years of findings that highway removals help revitalize Rust Belt downtowns for the 21st century.
July 22, 2026
Good Public Transit + Good Public Funding = Good Public Health
Transit agencies need to do more to remind policy makers of the connection between good public transportation and good public health, a report argues.
April 30, 2026
Trump’s Funding Freeze Has Derailed Transit, Undermining Growth and Economic Opportunity For All Americans
American cities used to have some of the longest per-capita rail networks in the world. Not anymore.
March 10, 2026
Opinion: Transportation Researchers Still Care About Equity. This Week They’re Proving It
This Thursday, progressives in transportation will fight back against the Trump administration.
Gretchen Goldman
January 13, 2026
Book Excerpt Special: The Incomplete Freeway Revolt
A new book looks at the destructive 20th-century urban development style — freeways, downtown office towers, suburban housing developments — that keeps Americans so dependent on their cars. Here's an excerpt.
Benjamin Schneider
November 5, 2025
That’s Rich! DoorDash Supports E-Bike Speed Limit
DoorDash supports a 15-mile-per-hour speed limit, but that's easy for them to say, given that under-pressure workers will be the ones getting tickets.
Sophia Lebowitz
October 26, 2025
New Report Explores The Challenges — and Joys — Of Being Black in Public
Making Black North Americans feel welcome and safe in public isn't just about striking down racist transportation laws — and it may require transportation advocates to think more deeply about joy, a new report argues.
June 24, 2025
Duffy’s Latest Hits: Another Attack on Making Infrastructure More Equitable
Leave it to Sean Duffy to turn a simple grant announcement into another war on equity.
Jonah Schwarz
June 9, 2025
U.S. DOT Sec. Duffy Cuts Vital Research Grants on Transportation Inequity, Deriding ‘Woke’
President Trump's war on equity continues.
May 4, 2025
