Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Talking Headways Podcast: A National Perspective on Building Transit

By Jeff Wood | Nov 4, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Jannet Walker-Ford to chat about high-speed rail around the country, the benefits of trade and research groups, escalating transit-project costs, and the transport-policy environment.

Op-Ed: Vermont’s Lessons for Controlling Emissions

By Richard Watts | Nov 2, 2021 | No Comments

An agency that was built to discourage electric use shows how the best, greenest vehicle mile is the one not travelled.

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Cheap, Rapid, and in Our Control

By Jenny O'Connell | Oct 16, 2021 | No Comments

How cities are making streets safe more quickly and easily than ever before.

OPINION: E-Bikes Could Become a Weapon Against Climate Change

By John Stout | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Following a summer filled with devastating hurricanes in the South, deadly flooding in the Northeast and raging wildfires in the West, it’s clearer than ever that we need to do everything in our power to fight climate change.

Less traffic. A big check. Tolls. And the pricing zone. We're one step closer to it all coming true.

THE EXPLAINER: Everything You Need to Know About These Congestion Pricing Public Meetings

By Dave Colon | Sep 21, 2021 | No Comments

Our full review of weeks of hearings starts with the obvious question: Oh god why is this happening?

Cyclists on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: Pass the Bicycle Commuter Act — Now!

By Renae Reynolds | Sep 20, 2021 | No Comments

An add-on to the congressional reconciliation package could help climate, congestion and health in New York and around the nation.

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