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REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the one-year increase in the death rate was the highest since 1924.
March 5, 2021
Opinion: To Improve Public Transit, Elected Officials Need to Ride the Bus
While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.
March 4, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding
A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.
March 4, 2021
Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt
The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.
March 4, 2021
These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip on U.S. Cities
The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
March 3, 2021
The Best Thing About the New USPS Mail Truck
If it looks like a duck ... it's probably a better-designed truck!
March 3, 2021
Lime Makes Big Bet on Electric Bikeshare
One of America's largest scooter-share companies is going back to its roots as a bike company — and taking a step into the future by going electric. Could 2021 be the year of the e-bike?
March 2, 2021
Why the New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind
Elders are being left out of the new mobility revolution — and will be more so by the time autonomous vehicles come around, a new study argues.
March 1, 2021
How to Build a Cheap Homemade Speed Camera
Most drivers in the North End go under 20 mph - but reckless speeding over 40 mph was distressingly common.
February 26, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Less Congestion After Ride Hailing Cessation
What happens when disruption disrupts the disruptor? Click and find out.
February 25, 2021