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Legislative Update: Bikes at Stop Signs, Jaywalking, and Camera Enforcement on Buses
Key transportation safety and equity bills move forward after Senate Transportation Hearing
June 30, 2021
Chicago announces equitable transit-oriented development pilot program
Last fall the city of Chicago released the Equitable Transit Oriented Development Policy Plan. Transit-oriented development is high-density, parking-lite development near rapid and/or high-frequency train or bus service.
June 29, 2021
Three Turning Restrictions Cities Need To Put On Drivers
To everything there is a season — but killer turns (turns, turns) should never get the time of day in U.S. cities.
June 28, 2021
Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking
And transportation leaders aren’t doing enough to design streets that can make people of all genders feel comprehensively safe traveling outside cars.
June 28, 2021
Not So Fast: Why Slower Is Often Better
To create more affordable, healthy, equitable, accessible, and resource-efficient communities, planners must reform the way we value speed relative to other community goals.
June 28, 2021
In God We Trust; Everyone Else Bring Data
The simplest way to convince the public to move forward with policies that best serve it is to give the raw numbers that back up great ideas, a top urban planer told transit advocates during an online seminar aimed at better urban planning.
June 25, 2021
OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash
E-bike workers are in an impossible bind — they have to break the law to earn a living. How we could fix it.
June 25, 2021
As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don’t Forget What We’re Buying
Washington is celebrating a bipartisan infrastructure agreement, but advocates are still wondering what, exactly, the bill will actually build
June 25, 2021
California Agencies Award $20 Million for “Clean Mobility” Projects
Grants will bring bike-share, electric car-share, and on-demand transit to communities around state
June 25, 2021
Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths
The U.S. is failing to make meaningful progress to end decades-long racial disparities in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.
June 23, 2021
