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The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Is About Our Transportation Future, Too
Transportation didn't get a lot of mention in the public discussion of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But it's everywhere.
July 8, 2025
How Car Commutes Are Making Americans Sick
Relentless car journeys don’t just occupy our time; they significantly shape our mood and overall outlook on life. Here's how.
Nikita Luke
August 14, 2024
How Air Pollution Intersects with Unsafe Streets
Long-term exposure to toxic pollutants produced by cars and trucks causes heart disease, respiratory and lung issues in adults and children, dementia, miscarriage, psychotic episodes in teens, and reduced cognitive ability.
Ruth Kettle-Frisby
October 19, 2023
How Auto-Centric Infrastructure Is Making Us Sick
Instead of endless promises to fix America's "crumbling roads and bridges," filmmaker Andy Boenau argues we need to talk about our crumbling minds and bodies — and how our autocentric infrastructure approach contributes to them.
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Kea Wilson
June 8, 2023
New Stats on the Health and Business Benefits of Sunday Streets
When San Francisco streets are opened up to people for Sunday Streets, the influx of foot traffic brings a host of health and economic benefits to the city's neighborhoods, according to findings presented by Dr. Susan Zieff, a professor of kinesiology at SF State University, at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing yesterday.
June 14, 2013
What Can SF Learn from Other Cities’ Urban Water Projects?
(Editor's note: This is Part 3 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed. In Part 1, we examined a radical new daylighting proposal in Berkeley; and in Part 2, we looked at the changes that SF streets may face under a bold plan by the Public Utilities Commission.)
April 16, 2010
Bay Area Cities Rediscover the Creeks Under Their Streets
(Editor's note: This is Part 1 in a 3-part series on the Bay Area watershed)
April 9, 2010
Study: Even in Car-Centric Atlanta, Transport Reform is Health Reform
The connection
between transportation reform -- an emphasis on land use that makes
biking and walking as viable as auto travel for routine trips -- and
health reform is one that's not often made, despite the best efforts of the Obama administration.
February 16, 2010
New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos
Transportation's effects on public health are rarely discussed by policy-makers, but they remain very real -- and the National Research Council (NRC) put a number
on them today, reporting that cars and trucks have about $56 billion in
"hidden" health costs that are not reflected in the price of oil or
electricity.
October 19, 2009