Studies and Reports

And if not, how do we get more of them in the low-income neighborhoods that need life-saving infrastructure the most?

"An Abundance Agenda" calls for a rethink of how the state plans, funds, and measures transportation.

Damien Newton

January 22, 2026

Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually works.

And beautiful roads report fewer.

The U.S. would be safer if we implemented some of Canada's most common roadway laws — but the politics are complicated.

America's car-dependent communities and the legal system that creates them aren't prepared for the rising proportion of seniors who can't safely drive, a new book argues — and before the "silver tsunami" crashes down on us, we need to make reforms.

As evidence mounts that Covid affects our brains, one study suggests it could also affect our ability to drive safely.

Pop-up projects and trial runs can build support for new street safety ideas and new alternatives to driving — or they can turn the public against a project before it even gets off the ground. A new study outlined how to avoid the most common pilot pit...

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.