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OPINION: Here’s Why We All Need to Imagine a ‘Week Without Driving’
Disability Rights Washington spreads awareness of the transportation challenges of the differently abled.
September 16, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Back in Time!
We're at 400 episodes. Join us for a fun trip down memory lane!
September 15, 2022
OPINION: Congestion Pricing Will Bring Cleaner Air for All
The key to ensuring safer, more reliable, efficient, and accessible public transit, as well as cleaner air, less traffic congestion, and safer roads, is through a swift implementation of congestion pricing.
September 15, 2022
High-Speed Rail Plan for Palmdale to Burbank Section
High-Speed Rail riders will be able to go from Burbank to Palmdale in under 20 minutes (with a non-stop travel time of 13 minutes). On Metrolink today, this trip takes just over 90 minutes.
September 14, 2022
How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future
Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.
September 14, 2022
School Bus ‘Stop Arm’ Cameras Work — So Why Don’t More States Use Them?
Artificial intelligence can protect children as they get on and off the bus — at least in cities that allow school districts to install life-saving technology.
September 13, 2022
How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles
The federal dollars made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law could be spent on fixing our aging roads, making our streets safer, and making it easier to travel on transit, by bike or on foot, giving Americans real, viable options for getting around without having to drive. Unfortunately, though, they could just as easily be spent on building and expanding highways.
September 12, 2022
CRASH TEST: Electric Cars are More Dangerous than Conventional Cars, Says Global Insurance Company
"A look at the accident statistics shows that drivers of electric cars cause 50 percent more collisions with damage to their own vehicles than those of conventional combustion engines," the insurance giant AXA said.
September 12, 2022
Epic 150-Kid ‘Bike Bus’ Shows America a Better Way to Get to School
A viral video of hundreds of students biking to school together shows how to give more kids the opportunity to get to school on their own two wheels.
September 8, 2022
Caltrans Update: Progress on Complete Streets Policy
Caltrans just issued its first quarterly update highlighting what it has completed so far
September 8, 2022