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How Auto-Centric Infrastructure Is Making Us Sick
Instead of endless promises to fix America's "crumbling roads and bridges," filmmaker Andy Boenau argues we need to talk about our crumbling minds and bodies — and how our autocentric infrastructure approach contributes to them.
How to Train an Army of Sustainable Transportation Advocates
Today, we're sitting down with Carter Lavin, a Bay Area activist who's made it his mission to give people the skills, vision, and capacity to campaign for better sustainable transportation policies in their town.
The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News for Freeway Fighters
A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would "gut" key elements of the nation's bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
Feds Propose ‘Automatic Braking’ Rule — But It’s Not Strong Enough, Advocates Warn
An aggressive new federal safety rule would eventually require automakers to install on new cars technology that can detect pedestrians and stop crashes before they happen — but there remain several key flaws in the proposal, advocates and experts said.