Commuting

"It is hard to think of another mode of transportation that is a more powerful tool to meet [our challenges.]"

The feds should bolster sustainable commuting modes and transportation demand management strategies.

Some transit agencies send free bus tickets to new residents. But by then, it may already be too late to get them to try an alternative to driving.

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.

With their powerful results, the studies coming out of the Equality of Opportunity Project, led by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren, have become an important touchstone for journalists and transportation policy advisers. In their 2014 [PDF] and 2015 [PDF] studies, Chetty and Hendren show that place matters for low-income families. When low-income families have the opportunity to raise their children in better environments, their children do better as adults. And with their use of “big data,” Chetty and Hendren can show that these better environments are not just correlated with improved incomes, but actually cause them.