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How to Open Streets Right During Social Distancing
We need more space — which means we need a new blueprint for how to do Open Streets events during this challenging global moment and beyond.
April 9, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: The Vital Link Between Health and Transportation
This week, we talk about how transit can save rural counties lots of money currently being spent on ambulances.
April 9, 2020
Federal Relief Bill Seems Generous to Transit. It’s Not.
Even after a historic emergency commitment, transit is still underfunded.
April 8, 2020
There’s No Need For Blanket COVID Park Closures
...with some very important exceptions.
April 7, 2020
DATA DUMP: Total Driving Is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
April 6, 2020
Reckless Driving Is the Other COVID-19 Epidemic
City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days--even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
April 6, 2020
Five Reasons Trump’s Fuel Standards Rollback Is Terrible
The only thing more outrageous than relaxing crucial climate change standards? Using the economic impacts of COVID-19 as political cover to do it.
April 2, 2020
No, Bird and Lime Were Not ‘Forced’ to Pull Fleets — or Fire Staff — Because of COVID-19
A lot of smaller micromobility companies kept their scooters and bikes on the streets. And a reminder: if micromobility is truly part of the sustainable future, it needs to be there always, not just when times are good.
April 1, 2020
Ten Ways Every City Should Respond to COVID-19 on Its Streets
In the absence of federal leadership on how to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe during COVID19, cities are stepping up and sharing resources themselves.
March 31, 2020
As Roads Empty To COVID-19, Drivers Who Remain Are Speeding Up
The virus isn't just a public health emergency for our hospitals. It's also a public health emergency for our roads.
March 30, 2020
