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Bill to Ban New Freeways through Sensitive Communities
The bill would prohibit Caltrans from using state resources on any project, or on permitting any project, that does not meet certain criteria measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
May 20, 2022
Bike Trail Across America Would Pay For Itself
A continuous cross-continental active transportation trail would pay for itself in less than five years in visitor spending alone, a new analysis argues — and it could have a big impact on the car-free transportation landscape in the communities it runs through, too.
May 19, 2022
Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects
"Treme and the 7th Ward, like many neighborhoods across the country, are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it."
May 19, 2022
Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021
Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.
May 18, 2022
Ride of Silence, All Over California
The silent group rides are both a remembrance of lost loved ones and a call to drivers and policy makers to do more to make cycling safer.
May 18, 2022
The Four Types of Drivers
There are only four types of drivers in U.S. communities — and transportation leaders need to adopt distinct strategies to influence their behavior on the road — and to get them out from behind the wheel altogether.
May 17, 2022
Gov’s Budget Proposal for Bikes, High-Speed Rail
Newsom IS proposing $1 billion for the ATP, and releasing Prop 1A bonds for HSR
May 17, 2022
How Cities Can Reduce Car Dependency
The same tool that communities have used for decades to make commutes easier on drivers can be refashioned to reduce reliance on automobiles altogether, a leading planning consultancy argues — and there's a better blueprint that cities can follow right now.
May 16, 2022
Advocates Discuss Significance of ‘Ride of Silence’
It’s been a rough past year for Chicagoans who ride bikes
May 16, 2022
MUSK SEE: Three Reasons Why Congestion Decreases When Cities ‘Delete’ Road Lanes
Elon Musk's insane comments about induced demand once again force advocates to debunk common congestion myths that powerful, but often ill-informed, people continue to promulgate.
May 13, 2022
