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Talking Headways Podcast: Funding Transportation in South Florida
Careful wording helped pass a ballot measure with a tax surcharge for transit.
September 29, 2022
Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform
The nation's capital is poised to become the second major city in the United States to repeal a dangerous law that allowed drivers to make right turns at red lights — and some advocates believe other communities are overdue to follow.
September 28, 2022
Streetfilms: Paris Kicks New York’s Ass as a Biking Capital
People have been visiting Paris for centuries for the food, the wine, the museums, the cheese and even the snails, but when New Yorkers head to the City of Light these days, all they see are the bike lanes.
September 27, 2022
Opinion: Amtrak Must Restore Adirondack Service Now!
Amtrak cut service during the pandemic, but restoring it has been difficult owing to labor shortages exacerbated by layoffs, retirements and Covid outbreaks among staff. As the city, state, and nation emerge from the pandemic, Amtrak must restore popular routes that remain suspended.
September 26, 2022
Op-Ed: To Heal Historic Highway Harms, Sec. Buttigieg Needs Bold Thinking
Entrenched state departments of transportation dedicated to highway building threaten to capture Reconnecting Communities grant funds to continue harm — not undo it.
September 22, 2022
‘We Couldn’t Take A Roundabout Out if We Wanted To’: An Interview with Jim Brainard, Mayor of Carmel, Ind.
The Indianapolis suburb of Carmel has become internationally famous for its commitment to a hotly-debated traffic safety intervention known as the "roundabout." It wasn't always that way, though — until Mayor Jim Brainard came along.
September 22, 2022
Feds Using Freight Program Money to Tear Down a Detroit Highway
“This stretch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighborhood, one of many examples I have seen in communities across the country where a piece of infrastructure has become a barrier,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
September 22, 2022
Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85%
An Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.
September 21, 2022
Highway Boondoggles, Part VII: Oregon’s Abernethy Insanity
In our final installment of our annual Highway Boondoggles series with U.S. PIRG., we look at bridge widening that circumvented the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Assessment process.
September 21, 2022
Highway Boondoggles Part VI: Martinsville’s Big Miss
The Martinsville Southern Connector is a classic waste of money that will hurt an historic community.
September 20, 2022
