Today’s Headlines

Unlicensed drivers are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic

Every hour in a car increases the risk of obesity by 6 percent, while walking a kilometer lowers it 5 percent.

Blake Aued

January 13, 2026

"We shouldn’t be aiming to nudge a few percentage points in public opinion. Our goal should be to make freedom of mobility so compelling that people demand it."

Andy Boenau

January 13, 2026

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers have been brutalizing and killing people who they perceive as threats. Is mass automobility multiplying their pretext to do it?

Kea Wilson

January 12, 2026

Human beings generally don't like being forced to do anything, so Grist wonders whether policies like car bans could actually be counterproductive?

Blake Aued

January 12, 2026

"We're not going to fix decades of inequitable investment in one year, and things like the high-frequency bus network and the Red Line Extension are really important, but the work isn't done."