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Op/Ed: The Bay Area Needs Transit Funding, but Future of Regional Measure Is Unclear
Time is running out for the MTC to come up with a framework that has enough regional agreement to pass.
Laurel Paget-Seekins
October 16, 2024
How Boomtown Austin is Thinking Beyond Highways
The City of Austin’s booming population presents a unique challenge — how to manage mobility and safety in a rapidly growing region.
Gardner Tabon
October 15, 2024
EVs — What Are They Good For?
A new paper argues that policymakers need to totally rethink their subsidy regime.
October 15, 2024
Red State, Red Tape: How to Fight for a Highway Teardown in Louisiana
Inside the fight for environmental justice on a once-bustling Black New Orleans business corridor scarred by a dangerous highway overpass.
Amy Stelly
October 15, 2024
When Car Dependency Meets Climate Disaster
How does car dependency make weathering a storm harder, and what can we do about it? We sat down with two experts from the Urban Institute to find out.
October 14, 2024
Video: Groucho Marx and the ‘Love Affair’ with the Car
Our supposed affection for the automobile isn't a spontaneous love-at-first-sight affair, but a decades-long brainwashing.
October 10, 2024
Opinion: Our Loneliness Epidemic Reveals America’s Failed Urban Planning
"As we consider the multitude of ways to address our nation’s loneliness crisis, we must have serious conversations about how we can better shape our built environment to enable extended networks of care."
Abbey Seitz
October 10, 2024
New Study Quantifies Crosswalk Distances and Safety
The more lanes, the longer the distance, the more opportunities for errant drivers to hit people on foot. A new study co-authored by the Bay Area's own Marcel Moran quantifies it all, giving guidance for where traffic calming features are most needed
October 10, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: The Architecture of Urbanity
Vishaan Chakrabarti on goldilocks density, defining urbanity, the ennui of young architects and much, much more.
October 10, 2024
Bike-Friendly Campuses Can Inspire the Rest of Car-Centric America
A first-ever national summit will explore what makes a college or university bike friendly, and how higher ed can help create a better transportation culture in cities, too.
October 9, 2024
