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Reconciliation Looking Good For Sustainable Transportation (So Far)
New House legislation coming out of Peter DeFazio's committee could restore some of what sustainable transportation advocates lost during the negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — without technically breaking President Biden's promises to the GOP.
September 15, 2021
What it was like being part of Better Streets Chicago’s people-protected bike lane protest
We need a citywide network of barrier-protected bike lanes and we needed it years ago.
September 15, 2021
Update on Caltrans Complete Streets Reservation
Among the 34 projects to receive early Complete Streets funding from Caltrans are twelve that include separated, all-ages bike facilities; sixteen include new sidewalks; 26 are along a city's main street; two include new road diet elements.
September 15, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: A Toxic Masculinity Twofer
The all-powerful truck nut lobby wants you to believe that the kind of car you drive can make you sexier and less likely to belt out Shania Twain with your macho friends.
September 14, 2021
Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail
And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project
September 13, 2021
Legislative Update: Big Wins on Traffic Safety
A pile of bills await the Governor's signature, among them some pretty big wins for bicycle and pedestrian safety.
September 13, 2021
Progressive Dems Demand $30B for Transit, Deemphasize EVs
Mass transit must be at the center of America's strategy to end climate change — and the next spending package needs to devote at least half our transportation dollars to getting people out of cars and onto public transportation, a coalition of lawmakers says.
September 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids (And What to Do About It)
We need to change the way we think about kids and about our cities. We need to think of kids as full members of society and we need to design our neighborhoods for kids to have full, rich childhoods that let them grow into well-rounded members of our communities.
So what do we do?
September 13, 2021
OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals
The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.
September 10, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Get Out of Dodge
We had a lot of repeat offenders in our pool of submissions for this contest, but seemingly none was quite so offensive as this automaker, which constituted roughly a quarter of the haul. And if you know anything about car ads, can probably guess we're talking about Dodge.
September 10, 2021