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San Diego Forward Offers a Vision of What a Transportation System Could Be
SANDAG's board will decide on December 10 whether they agree with that vision
December 3, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure
This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.
December 2, 2021
STUDY: Better Bike Policy Could Prevent 15K U.S. Deaths Every Year — And Not Just in Crashes
If U.S. cities take aggressive but realistic action to replace car trips with bike trips by 2050, they could prevent more than 15,000 premature deaths every year, a new study finds — and not just in traffic crashes.
December 2, 2021
The DUI Shuffle: Why was ex-Bears star and 4-time offender Dan Hampton still driving?
In a just world, if you've previously committed three DUIs, you wouldn't even have the opportunity to rack up a fourth one.
December 2, 2021
Can E-Mopedsharing Help Wean Americans Off Car Ownership?
Electric moped sharing became one of the most rapidly growing alternatives to driving in cities around the world during 2021 — but America lags behind, mostly because our roads are too dangerous.
December 1, 2021
RAISE Grants Will Support Four California Transportation Projects
A rural bike plan; a downtown bike, ped, transit improvement project; seismic bridge retrofits; and fixing a highway that will intersect with High Speed Rail.
December 1, 2021
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
November 29, 2021
Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices
Hint: give people more ways to get around that don't involve burning it.
November 29, 2021
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.
November 29, 2021
How the New Infrastructure Deal Will Make Transit Better
...especially if the Build Back Better Act passes through reconciliation later this month.
November 10, 2021
