Outrage Builds Over ‘Magic Wand’ Gas Tax Holiday as State Studies Congestion Pricing for Years
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It's an ironic move, given the state's environmental goals. It's also bad optics.
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These States Won’t Adopt Even Bare Minimum Roadway Safety Laws
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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.
BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending
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Reprinted with permission from “The Urbanist.” On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all […]
Why It's Time to Legalize the 'Idaho Stop'
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An upstate State Senator has introduced a bill that would allow cyclists to slow-roll through stop signs and go through red lights after a quick full stop.
OPINION: To Save the Subway, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
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New York needs to make the billionaires who disproportionately benefit from government to pay their fair share, a lawmaker argues.
Should States Subsidize E-Bike Purchases?
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Assembly Member Bobby Carroll wants the state to expand its electric car subsidy program to include electric bikes.