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Are State ‘Victim Funds’ Adequately Compensating Crash Survivors and Their Loved Ones?
Crime Victims Compensation Funds across America are helping make the survivors of violent crime whole again. But too often, victims of traffic violence get left out.
What Trump’s Tariff Chaos Could Mean For Transportation
Hint: expensive cars, expensive trains, expensive bikes, expensive everything.
Infrastructure Year Has Already Begun
Here's what advocates need to know about the basics of the next surface transportation reauthorization bill and how to get involved.
Is ‘Walk Score’ Really Just a ‘White Score’?
A provocative new paper argues that one of America's most popular real estate tools is driving investment to predominantly white urban neighborhoods, without meaningfully expanding walkability for anyone else.
US DOT Doesn’t Want to Fund Road Diets Anymore
One of America's largest road safety programs will look "unfavorably" on applications that reduce lane capacity for vehicles – even in urban areas where there's nowhere else to build bike lanes, sidewalk extension, and other sorely-needed infrastructure.
Duffy Delivers Mixed Messages on ‘Woke’ Transportation Funding Delays
The U.S. DOT secretary says he's drowning under a backlog of grants from the Biden administration — but somehow has time to scrutinize them all for a "woke" agenda.
State DOTs Aren’t Stacking Up On Sustainability and Equity
Vermont is the best state DOT — but advocates say it, and every other state, needs to do better.
The High Cost of Free Parking: Duffy’s Parking Giveaway Will Cost the Rest of America
Hasn't anyone at U.S. DOT headquarters read Donald Shoup?
Survey: Americans Still Want Police To Cut Traffic Stops That Don’t Make Anyone Safer
Americans never lost their appetite for police reform in the traffic safety realm – and their leaders are starting to listen, a new study suggests.
It’s Time For State DOTs to Step Up and Do a Better Job
As federal support for active modes gets clawed back, state DOTs could play a more important role in America's transportation system — and a new report argues they need to innovate.