Drivers Stole 20% of Bike/Walk Dollars Last Year; Here’s How to Stop Them
An entire fifth of the largest pot of federal money that’s explicitly promised to active transportation users was actually given to drivers last year — and advocates say it’s critical that we support a package of legislation that makes it harder for states to rob people who walk and roll to pay people who pilot automobiles, while also expanding the pie.
May 10, 2021
Massive $73B Bill Would Finally Boost E-Buses
A new bill would give (almost) the same amount of funding to transit agencies to electrify nation’s bus fleet as President Biden promised to private drivers to electrify their cars.
May 6, 2021
New Bike Safety Ranking Packs Some Surprises
A new ranking of the most dangerous states for cyclists in the U.S. based on new metrics has bumped "bike-friendly" Delaware to the dubious “top” spot and demoted perennially perilous Florida to third place. Huh?
May 6, 2021
How (And Why!) to Repeal ‘Jaywalking’ Laws
A movement is growing to strike down racially biased and ineffective “jaywalking” laws across America — and the advocates behind these efforts say the path to doing it everywhere may be smoother than it has been in the past.
May 5, 2021
An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck
Stories about miniature emergency service vehicles are spreading like wildfire on Twitter — so let's rethink our obsession with monster trucks.
May 4, 2021
Why Mobility as a Service Needs a Proper Platform
The public clearly has an appetite for mobility as a service. People want to plan, book and pay for various forms of transport via a digital platform. But mobility service providers are actors in search of a stage.
May 4, 2021
Do Traffic Fines Make Streets Safer — And At What Cost?
Does automated enforcement always make our streets safer? Or do the traffic fines they spit out simply send poor drivers into a spiral of poverty, lost mobility, and even incarceration, without necessarily saving the lives of many vulnerable road users?
April 29, 2021
The Southwest’s Bike Spike Was Bigger Than Europe
The American Southwest may have experienced one of the biggest bike booms in the world in 2020 — and the rest of the country wasn’t far behind, a new study finds.
April 29, 2021
Calculator Shows How Many Cars Will Come To Your Town’s New Highway
A Colorado nonprofit has developed a calculator to help residents quantify how adding highway miles in their state will translate to more cars on the road, and they’re hoping advocates in other states will follow suit.
April 28, 2021
COVID-19 Could End Our Dependence on Cars — If We ‘Build Back Better’
Achieving an outcome that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring the development of safe and healthy cities, will require policy-makers and activists to act decisively. Our research on a general theory of car dependence suggests a few ways that they can do this.
April 27, 2021
