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Talking Headways Podcast: Downtown or Not Downtown
Talking Headways brings you back to Mpact conference in Phoenix for a panel about downtowns and urban development.
Freeway Math: How Governments Decide a Harmful Highway Is ‘Worth It’
A massive interstate highway project promises do deliver billions of dollars in public "benefits." But a local advocacy group says that it's all based on bad math.
Thursday’s Headlines Issue a Recall
Tesla is being forced to send a message about the limits of misleadingly named technologies like "Full Self Driving."
Chicago to Lower Transit Speeds After NTSB Report on Crash
The CTA Yellow Line, aka the Skokie Swift, which runs between Skokie and Rogers Park, has remained out of commission for nearly a month since November 16, when a run crashed into a snow removal machine at Howard Street station. Slowing the train down is the first step to bringing it back.
Wednesday’s E-xcellent Headlines
Move over, Taylor Swift: this pundit says 2023 was the year of the e-bike.
Third Pedestrian Killed in Three Months On Single Mile of Chicago Road
This fatality took place one day after an off-duty police officer struck and killed a female pedestrian in River North.
Tuesday’s Headlines See the Light
It's always been harder to see in the dark, so that doesn't explain why drivers are killing more people at night lately.
Where Do You Start When Your Transit System Needs Everything?
The NYMTA's 20 year needs assessment fails to accomplish its stated mission of bringing the New York region into the 21st century — half-filling a supposedly bottomless transit cookie jar with mostly stale cookies.
S.F. Journalist Fans Anti-Bike Hate
Advocates were outraged by Friday's feature story that repeats the tired stereotype of the scofflaw, Spandex-clad cyclist.
The Other Reason American Pedestrian Deaths are Rising After Dark
A recent New York Times article broke down many of the factors that are driving pedestrian death tolls to stratospheric highs after dark. But they missed one big one.
