Month: August 2022
Basics
Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
The actor's crash is the kind of extreme collision about which even the most avowed Vision Zero advocates typically stay silent — possibly because, secretly, they are not totally sure the crash could have been prevented.
But Heche's crash was absolutely preventable. Here's why.
August 15, 2022
POINT: What Congestion Pricing Accomplishes — and What it Doesn’t
Obviously, there are positives, but there are also a lot of potential negatives. Let’s use the federal environmental-assessment process the way it’s meant to be used, and understand the negatives in order to combat them.
August 15, 2022
Monday’s Headlines Have Big Plans
Lots of good stuff in a new American Planning Association transportation report. Plus, critics might be underrating Democrats' climate bill, although there's more left to be done.
August 15, 2022
Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
August 12, 2022
City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
NYC wants its drivers to slow down in their city-owned cars. But a pilot program will start with just .2 percent of the fleet.
August 12, 2022
Friday’s Headlines Are About Elon-ed Out
The Tesla CEO's been making headlines lately for his hyperloop boondoggle, which he may or may not have proposed just to block high-speed rail.
August 12, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt Art!
How communities can use paint as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets.
August 11, 2022
RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State
The first recipients of a newly expanded major transportation grant program will deliver significant money for biking, walking and transit — and even some road projects that federal transportation leaders say will help non-drivers, too.
August 11, 2022
Citi Bike Ridership Numbers Show Bike Share is Just as Hot as the Weather
The weather in New York City wasn't the only thing that was smoking hot this week.
August 11, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines Want Their E-Bike Tax Refund
There's still a chance, even though the climate bill's authors ditched e-bike tax credits for EV tax credits that leave electric cars still out of reach financially.
August 11, 2022
