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Opinion: Safety Fix for Deadly Road Nixed by Harrisburg Mayor Over Parking
In our second Pennsylvania piece today, we look at how the new mayor of Harrisburg has stalled an effort to redesign one of the most dangerous streets in the state amid — you guessed it — complaints about lost parking spaces.
August 8, 2022
What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
July 18, 2022
Why Kids are Suing DOTs for Driving the Climate Crisis
Hawai'i children and teenagers are suing their state's transportation leaders for the outsized role they've played in the ongoing climate crisis — and if they succeed, their efforts could empower new generations across America to do the same.
June 15, 2022
THE BRAKE: Should Cities Train Their Own Transportation Advocates?
On this week's podcast, we explore why it's so hard to get a new crosswalk — for both the citizen and the transportation professional at the other end of the request.
April 26, 2022
When Road Diets Get Rolled Back, Part I: The Texas Road Diet Massacre
How can a city calm its most dangerous roads when those roads are owned by the state? San Antonio grapples with that question, thanks to Gov. Abbott.
February 23, 2022
Feds Throw Wrench Into Oregon Highway Widening
More environmental assessment is needed for the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway plan.
February 2, 2022
What’s In the Groundbreaking New USDOT Safety Strategy — and What’s Missing
For the first time in history, the United States Department of Transportation has committed to using every available resource to end roadway deaths and serious injuries on American roads — and now, they face the critical challenge of getting the rest of America to buy in with them.
January 27, 2022
These States Won’t Adopt Even Bare Minimum Roadway Safety Laws
More than 40 states have failed to adopted a series of common-sense laws that advocates say would prevent many of the most easily avoidable crash deaths — and that reluctance to do the bare minimum doesn't bode well for those states' potential to more comprehensively reimagine their approaches to traffic safety.
January 19, 2022
Oregon DOT’s Real Climate Plan: Keep on Polluting
The Oregon DOT’s “Climate Action Plan” claims the agency wants to decrease greenhouse gases, but its revenue projections show it is planning for gasoline consumption not to decline at all – meaning that carbon emissions don’t decline, either.
December 14, 2021
Op/Ed: Western Transport Officials Ignore Road Safety
A conference takes place on a dangerous road — but street safety is not on the agenda.
September 15, 2021
