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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
Officials Celebrate Lackluster West Portal Safety Installation
The original plans put safety first and gave transit priority over individuals in cars. The watered-down, plastic-and-paint 'compromise' that was ultimately installed is profoundly disappointing.
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
The 1,000-Page Document That Decides Your Street Designs Just Got a Refresh
For better — or more often, for worse — a single federal document dictates what nearly every American street looks like. Meet the MUTCD.
Josh Naramore
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
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
