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Restaurant Row: Cars Need to Go
“People like to sit outside and not be bothered by the cars,” said one restaurant manager.
Mike Gagliardi
July 23, 2025
Families for Safe Streets Founder ‘Disgusted’ That NYS Law to Slow Down Cars is Being Use for Bikes
Amy Cohen says she is disgusted and we will not be quiet about the Adams administration warping the intent behind a decade of her work for safe streets.
Amy Cohen
June 8, 2025
Transportation Professionals Saw Elon Musk’s Lies and Disdain for the Public Firsthand
Just ask anyone in Chicago.
Steven Higashide
April 2, 2025
A Faster Future: Unbreaking Passenger Rail to Deliver the Rapid Service We Need
A report set to be released this week by the Marron Institute at New York University offers ways to break the intercity rail logjam in America.
Nolan Hicks
March 30, 2025
The User-Pay Myth: Everyone — Not Just Drivers — Pays for Our Roads
It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
Dave Cooke
March 26, 2025
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths!
Our bike lanes have become what social critic Ivan Illich once defined as degraded public space. Here's one possible fix.
Rich Miller
January 23, 2025
When Journalists Give Even Intentional Traffic Violence a Pass
The driver who killed Paris cycling advocate Paul Varry has been charged with murder — but America's top-selling newspaper seemingly implied that he's a victim of the "war on cars."
December 2, 2024
New York’s Congestion Pricing is Back
But why did it ever go anywhere in the first place?
Dave Colon
November 14, 2024
Opinion: ‘Amtrak Joe’ Has A Big Opportunity to Cement His Legacy Now
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was a historic investment, but new research shows it favored highways and is raising greenhouse gas emissions. That could change during the lame duck session.
Saul Levin
November 6, 2024
Tackling Transportation Emissions Requires Focus on Transit
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard has flown under the radar for a long time, and recently has come under attack. But if California is serious about climate action, we must clean up our fuel supply while also reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
The post Tackling Transportation Emissions Requires Focus on Transit appeared first on Streetsblog California.
Michael Pimentel
November 4, 2024
