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How Boomtown Austin is Thinking Beyond Highways
The City of Austin’s booming population presents a unique challenge — how to manage mobility and safety in a rapidly growing region.
EVs — What Are They Good For?
A new paper argues that policymakers need to totally rethink their subsidy regime.
Red State, Red Tape: How to Fight for a Highway Teardown in Louisiana
Inside the fight for environmental justice on a once-bustling Black New Orleans business corridor scarred by a dangerous highway overpass.
Tuesday’s Headlines Jump the Turnstiles
Transit agencies are checking fares and even fortifying entrances as they seek to alleviate fears of crime.
When Car Dependency Meets Climate Disaster
How does car dependency make weathering a storm harder, and what can we do about it? We sat down with two experts from the Urban Institute to find out.
Monday’s Headlines Make a Choice
The Urban Institute studied the past three presidential administrations and found they all had different transportation priorities.
Friday’s Headlines Are on the Ballot
There's a decent chance you live in a jurisdiction where transit funding is on the ballot this November.
The 1,000-Page Document That Decides Your Street Designs Just Got a Refresh
For better — or more often, for worse — a single federal document dictates what nearly every American street looks like. Meet the MUTCD.
Opinion: Our Loneliness Epidemic Reveals America’s Failed Urban Planning
"As we consider the multitude of ways to address our nation’s loneliness crisis, we must have serious conversations about how we can better shape our built environment to enable extended networks of care."
Talking Headways Podcast: The Architecture of Urbanity
Vishaan Chakrabarti on goldilocks density, defining urbanity, the ennui of young architects and much, much more.
