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Brookings Institution's Adie Tomer argues that Congress must fund transportation infrastructure in a completely different way than it has in the past to ensure that transit is prioritized.

Think Tank Offers Road Map to Break the Car Culture

By Aaron Short | Dec 10, 2019 | No Comments

Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.

The U.S. Department of Transportation under Secretary Elaine Chao has shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation grants away from urban centers and toward rural areas.

Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

Congress is seeking to regulate self-driving cars after two hearings showed the lack of federal oversight in the nascent industry. Image: zombieite

Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs

By Aaron Short | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.

Copenhagen: This is a real bike lane because it doesn't need cars for protection.

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Op-Ed: Copenhagen’s Lessons for the ‘Green Wave’

By Eve Kessler | Nov 22, 2019 | No Comments

Cycling is integral to Danish culture, but it wasn’t always thus.

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Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

It's time to revisit how the federal government spends billions of dollars on transportation funding, the Future of Transportation Caucus says. Image: Alex Berger

Why We Formed the Future of Transportation Caucus

By Ayanna Pressley, Jesús "Chuy" García and Mark Takano | Nov 14, 2019 | No Comments

Reps. Pressley, Garcia and Takano outline the need for a new federal vision.

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