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OPINION: Here’s Why We All Need to Imagine a ‘Week Without Driving’

By Addie Walker | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

Disability Rights Washington spreads awareness of the transportation challenges of the differently abled.

Highway Boondoggles, Part III: Two Big Garden State Mistakes

By Matt Casale | Sep 16, 2022 | No Comments

In today's episode of our long-running series with U.S. PIRG, we focus on a Garden State flimflam.

Highway Boondoggles, Part II: Induced Demand Across the Ohio River

By Matt Casale | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

The Brent Spence Bridge is a vital link between Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati. The plan to replace it is though, is a boondoggle. Here's why.

Congestion pricing will focus environmental mitigation efforts on long-neglected environmental justice communities, says Renae Reynolds.

OPINION: Congestion Pricing Will Bring Cleaner Air for All

By Renae Reynolds | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

The key to ensuring safer, more reliable, efficient, and accessible public transit, as well as cleaner air, less traffic congestion, and safer roads, is through a swift implementation of congestion pricing.

How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.

Highway Boondoggles, Part I: Maryland’s Misguided Highway Extension

By James Horrox | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

Here's the first installment of this year's "Highway Boondoggles" series — we'll start in Montgomery County, Maryland.

How the Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles

By James Horrox | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments

Federal money could be spent on fixing our aging roads, making our streets safer, and making it easier to travel on transit, by bike or on foot, giving Americans real, viable options for getting around without having to drive. Unfortunately, though, it won't.