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Opinion: NYC E-Bike License Proposal Misses the Mark on Pedestrian Safety
A bill backed by a majority of City Council members would create a bureaucratic nightmare and discourage e-bike use while ignoring the root of the problem: lackluster infrastructure and unsafe work standards.
Tuesday’s Headlines Are Seeing Red
Is the gas saved by allowing right on red really worth all the pedestrians who get hurt by inattentive drivers?
Top Transit Org Lists the Equity-Focused Projects America Needs Right Now
Advocates are handing their DOTs a list of transformative transit projects that could heal the harms of the past — and a list of boondoggles that deserve to be scrapped.
BART’s ‘Tactile Guideways’ Help Visually Impaired People Navigate
Wayfinding on public transit can be challenging enough for people with 20/20 vision. For the blind and visually impaired, tactile and audible cues are essential.
Monday’s Headlines Can’t Quit Cars
Even as prices continue to rise, Americans just can't or won't stop buying new cars. And they're biking to work less, too.
Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning
One of America's most well-respected environmentalists reflects on how car dependency impacts our planet and our species.
Friday’s Headlines Do the Time Warp
Congress averted a government shutdown that would leave the DOT unable to make many grants , but we could end up right where we started in just six weeks.
Highways to Hell: How One Country is Rethinking Road Investment
The Wales Roads Review – an unprecedented examination of whether investment in over fifty local road schemes should continue – signals high-profile change by the Welsh Government, prompted by the climate emergency.
Talking Headways Podcast: Bringing Public Health to Traffic Safety
For too long, public health officials have been absent from discussion of the very public health crisis of road violence. That ends today in a very special episode.
Thursday’s Headlines Are Bike-Friendly
Experts lay out the "three e's" needed to be a bike-friendly city. Sadly, one Washington, D.C. mother's tragic story shows that not every city has them.