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Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
By Kea Wilson |
American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
NYC Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
By Julianne Cuba |
Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.
Friday’s Headlines Are About Elon-ed Out
By Blake Aued |
The Tesla CEO's been making headlines lately for his hyperloop boondoggle, which he may or may not have proposed just to block high-speed rail.
Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt Art!
By Jeff Wood |
How communities can use paint as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets.
RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State
By Kea Wilson |
The first recipients of a newly expanded major transportation grant program will deliver significant money for biking, walking and transit — and even some road projects that federal transportation leaders say will help non-drivers, too.
Citi Bike Ridership Numbers Show Bike Share is Just as Hot as the Weather
By Gersh Kuntzman |
The weather in New York City wasn't the only thing that was smoking hot this week.