The Case for Fare-Capping
Low-income people shouldn't have to pay more per ride than people who can afford unlimited transit passes.
March 12, 2018
With Bipartisan Support, TIGER Continues to Fund Walking and Biking Projects
So far, the new batch of TIGER grant winners look like solid choices to improve conditions for walking and biking.
March 12, 2018
What Explains the Gender Gap in Walking?
While infrastructure matters a great deal, not enough emphasis has been placed on other types of barriers facing women and girls.
March 8, 2018
America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis Isn’t Getting Any Better
Pedestrian deaths have skyrocketed over the last five years. In 2017, nearly 6,000 people were killed while walking on American streets.
March 6, 2018
Snapping Together a Better Bus Stop
American cities are discovering a way to quickly improve bus boarding using modular plastic pads.
March 5, 2018
A Brief History of How American Transportation Engineers Resisted Bike Lanes
A new paper looks at what led the American engineering establishment to fall decades behind other countries on the development of bike infrastructure.
March 2, 2018
Are American Cities Making Progress on Traffic Safety?
In several cities, traffic fatalities fell much more sharply last year than in the nation as a whole. But it's too soon to draw conclusions.
March 1, 2018
Oregon May Expand Its Petty Bicycle Tax to Children’s Bikes
A bikes-only tax was always a bad idea. Now it could get worse.
March 1, 2018
Is the Hyperloop Taking Cities for a Ride?
The Hyperloop has never carried human passengers. Yet officials signed off on a grant based on the promise of Cleveland-Chicago route in just three to five years.
February 28, 2018
Democracy Dies in… Bus Lanes?
Advocates successfully got Montgomery County to consider adding bus lanes to its BRT plan. Anti-transit NIMBYs see a conspiracy.
February 27, 2018
