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Why Arguments Against ‘Free Transit’ Are Missing the Point
Free transit pilots are popping up around the world as the pandemic rages on — and so are heated debates about whether they'll stymie agencies' efforts to delivery the high-quality service that U.S. riders need. But what if those arguments are missing something fundamental about why we commodify basic mobility in the first place, and the many ways marginalized people are impacted when they can't afford a fare?
August 23, 2022
NY Considers Requiring Speed Governors on Huge SUVs
Sen. Brad Hoylman introduces what he says is a first-in-the-nation effort to make active safety technology standard on new cars.
August 23, 2022
Study Seeks to Get Cops to Write Better Crash Reports
Researchers polled 45 New Jersey cops for clues about why their press releases were so incomplete and victim-blaming — and suggested better language.
August 22, 2022
Talking Headway Podcast: Why Tech Won’t Save Transportation
Uber may become more like a conventional taxi service, but it has permanently screwed workers.
August 19, 2022
The Death of the Muscle Car as We Know It Isn’t Necessarily Good News
Two of the most notoriously dangerous muscle cars are being retired — but probably just to make room for heavier, bigger, and more dangerous models.
August 18, 2022
Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives
A Connecticut senator is calling for federal action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them — but not necessarily by making vehicles smaller, which could save lives in other kinds of crashes, too.
August 18, 2022
To Fix Inflation and Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars
Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.
August 18, 2022
US DOT Will Double the Nation’s Electric Bus Fleet (But It Will Still Be Tiny)
Some of the money will go to supercharge the construction of green transit facilities and programs to train workers on new technologies, but federal officials emphasized that the vast majority will go towards the purchase of clean vehicles themselves.
August 16, 2022
Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
The actor's crash is the kind of extreme collision about which even the most avowed Vision Zero advocates typically stay silent — possibly because, secretly, they are not totally sure the crash could have been prevented.
August 15, 2022
What Congestion Pricing Accomplishes — and What it Doesn’t
Obviously, there are positives, but there are also a lot of potential negatives. Let’s use the federal environmental-assessment process the way it’s meant to be used, and understand the negatives in order to combat them.
August 15, 2022
