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Is ‘Walk Score’ Really Just a ‘White Score’?
A provocative new paper argues that one of America's most popular real estate tools is driving investment to predominantly white urban neighborhoods, without meaningfully expanding walkability for anyone else.
Monday’s Headlines Love Thy Neighbor
It's harder to do, though, when a freeway separates people. Plus, EVs won't save us from climate change.
Friday Video: Get Thee To Ghent
The Belgian city banned cars from its inner core in 2017 — and it's working!
Friday’s Headlines Hit the Brakes
New administrations often reverse policies, but rarely do they go after money already allocated like the Trump administration is doing, Grist reports.
US DOT Doesn’t Want to Fund Road Diets Anymore
One of America's largest road safety programs will look "unfavorably" on applications that reduce lane capacity for vehicles – even in urban areas where there's nowhere else to build bike lanes, sidewalk extension, and other sorely-needed infrastructure.
Talking Headways Podcast: Planning Connections in Panther City
Fort Worth's Kelly Porter on the city's city’s history, incredible growth and Texas high-speed rail.
Thursday’s Headlines Ask for Privacy
Under the Elon Musk administration, private investment might be the only way forward for intercity rail, but it's not as if such ventures have it easy.
Duffy Delivers Mixed Messages on ‘Woke’ Transportation Funding Delays
The U.S. DOT secretary says he's drowning under a backlog of grants from the Biden administration — but somehow has time to scrutinize them all for a "woke" agenda.
Transportation Professionals Saw Elon Musk’s Lies and Disdain for the Public Firsthand
Just ask anyone in Chicago.
Wednesday’s Headlines Are on the Cutting Edge
Mr. Duffy goes to Washington to talk about ending spending for "green" and "equity" programs.
