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Transit Wins Big Again In Local Elections Across America
Several candidates who ran on ambitious transportation reform platforms won at the ballot box on Tuesday — but even more communities said yes to supporting transit directly.
November 5, 2025
Book Excerpt Special: The Incomplete Freeway Revolt
A new book looks at the destructive 20th-century urban development style — freeways, downtown office towers, suburban housing developments — that keeps Americans so dependent on their cars. Here's an excerpt.
Benjamin Schneider
November 5, 2025
Vision Zero Cities: Fund Transit — Or Lose It
Got a transit vision? Check out how several cities struggled and then rebounded.
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
October 20, 2025
BART, Muni, and Safe Streets Advocates Helped ‘No Kings’ Rallies Succeed
Transit and safe streets advocates rose to the occasion
October 20, 2025
Advocates: The Senate’s Chance to Ensure America’s Public Transit Future Is Now
Congress is in the process of writing America's next big transportation bill — and more than 100 organizations are demanding it deliver for transit.
October 19, 2025
This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train
Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the DC rails right now — and reaching out to find them.
October 7, 2025
A Week Without Driving … Or Biking?
Seattle Bike Blog author Tom Fucoloro challenged himself to experience his city through the eyes of someone who can't operate a personal vehicle — including a bike.
Tom Fucoloro
October 1, 2025
The Real Reason the Far Right is Demanding Action on Transportation Violence
A series of brutal deaths on U.S. roads and trains is sparking outrage on the far right – and a push for some disturbing policy solutions that will only make our country more violent.
September 24, 2025
How Millions For Transit, Walking, and Biking Could Vanish On Sept. 30
The Trump administration may be deliberately slow-walking contracts for hard-earned transportation dollars.
September 14, 2025
What New York (and the Bay Area) Can Learn from European Buses
Or better said, why the DOT and MTA should sweat the small stuff.
Jake Berman
September 14, 2025