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America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.
UN emissions report predicts the earth will warm 7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 unless the world cuts 7.6 percent of its carbon output each year for the next 80 years.
November 27, 2019
Federal Government Doing Nothing on AVs
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 26, 2019
Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion
There’s a moralistic discourse in the United States about fare evasion on public transport that makes it about every issue other than public transport or fares.
November 26, 2019
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit.
November 25, 2019
Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough on Transit
Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
November 19, 2019
Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims
A new academic paper argues that a shift away from the victim-blaming of most news coverage of traffic crashes involving pedestrians could improve the lackluster policy debate around vehicle violence.
November 18, 2019
Why We Formed the Future of Transportation Caucus
Reps. Pressley, Garcia and Takano outline the need for a new federal vision.
November 15, 2019
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
November 13, 2019
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.
November 12, 2019
Amtrak Wants to Compete With Planes and Roads
Whaddya know? Amtrak is getting better and better — and may soon be profitable (you read that right!).
November 12, 2019
