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Talking Headways: Want to Enjoy Nature without Destroying It? It’s A Challenge

Rural transit agencies have a real challenge getting their local customers around massive areas, plus also serve the nature tourists with the big bucks.

August 1, 2024

Thursday’s Headlines Get Pulled Over

The New York Times posits that the pandemic, gangs racing on empty streets and police stretched thin post-Ferguson all contributed to rising traffic deaths since 2019.

August 1, 2024

Study: The Real Reasons Pedestrian Deaths Surged Along with COVID-19

COVID-19 up-ended almost everything about U.S. life — but America's pedestrian death crisis continued as normal, a new study finds.

August 1, 2024

Man Arrested for Removing Plate Cover on Secret Service SUV Protecting Kamala Harris’s Step-Daughter Ella Emhoff

The NYPD arrested a man and charged him with "criminal mischief" after he allegedly tampered with a covered license plate affixed to a Secret Service vehicle.

July 31, 2024

Do Wednesday’s Headlines Yield, Sir Knight?

The feds are taking Norfolk Southern to court over freight trains failing to yield to Amtrak. Plus, more bad news about Americans' driving habits and the climate.

July 31, 2024

Study: We Can Save Pedestrians After Dark — If Road Designers ‘See the Light’

Dark roads kill — and it shouldn't be pedestrian's responsibility alone to light their own way, a new study argues.

July 31, 2024

This Bill Could Restore Washington’s Ability to Regulate the Auto Industry

A raft of key auto safety provisions are in danger since the fall of the Chevron doctrine — unless Elizabeth Warren's new bill restores regulators' ability to have the final word.

July 31, 2024

Possible Uber/Lyft Tax Could Help Fund Transit in San Francisco

A new measure just got enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If San Francisco voters go for it, it could help transit stay afloat.

July 30, 2024

Les Titres de Mardi a Paris

Transportation writer Henry Grabar sends dispatches from the Olympics, plus the latest on the train arson in France.

July 30, 2024