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Transit Wins Big Again In Local Elections Across America

Several candidates who ran on ambitious transportation reform platforms won at the ballot box on Tuesday — but even more communities said yes to supporting transit directly.

November 6, 2025

Book Excerpt Special: The Incomplete Freeway Revolt

A new book looks the destructive 20th-century urban development style — freeways, downtown office towers, suburban housing developments — that keeps Americans so dependent on their cars. Here's an excerpt.

Talking Headways Podcast: Why Are We Going Backwards?

A very special discussion about why America keeps building highways, how President Trump is targeting transit and how we can all get a better federal transportation bill if we want it.

This week's headlines

Thursday’s Headlines Won Big

It was a good day for transit on Election Day Tuesday.

Wednesday’s Headlines Breathe in the Air

Congratulations, you have a slightly less chance of developing dementia due to half-hearted efforts to curb climate change.

Monday’s Headlines Fight Back

After losing the war on cars for decades, is the tide starting to turn? Recently published books suggest it might be.

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Is a ‘Life After Cars’ Really Possible?

"This book is an invitation to imagine a better world in which people are put before cars," says co-author Sarah Goodyear.

PART II: Unpacking the Risks for Riders and Families of Illegal E-Motos

In this second installment of our series, we examine the legal, financial, and safety risks that e-moto riders and their families face every day.

How Illinois Pulled Off a ‘Halloween Miracle’ to Save Chicago Transit

By all accounts, it was everyone's commitment to ensure there weren't massive service cuts to the million-plus people that ride public transit every day and an enormous amount of pink slips that would have gone out for the thousands of workers that provide those transit rides.

One of America’s Most Walkable School Districts Is About To Lose That Title

Lakewood, Ohio, prided itself on its Safe Routes to School program, which is in danger of being lost in a district-wide consolidation.

PART I: The E-Bike ‘Problem’ is an E-Moto Problem

PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of e-bikes in America in this new series. This is Part I.

Friday Video: The Horrors of the Modern High-Tech Car

As more technology wheedles its way into our cars, they get scarier and scarier.

Friday’s Headlines Are Not Ready for Prime Time

Tech companies and automakers keep pushing autonomous vehicles and don't seem to care whether they're safe or not.

Talking Headways Podcast: Getting California High Speed Rail Done

It took a while, but California is figuring out the best, most-cost-effective way to do fast trains.

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