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Advocates to Biden: Car Dependence — Not Gas Prices — Is America’s Real Crisis

By Kea Wilson | Mar 9, 2022 | No Comments

The U.S. ban on Russian oil has sustainable transportation advocates urging leaders to take action before surging gas prices overwhelm American families — by giving them access to the active and shared transportation they have long needed.

The federal government funds road construction like the above at four times the amount that it spends on transit. Photo: file

How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality

By Basav Sen | Feb 4, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.

Priority One: Banish Highway Boondoggles

By John Stout | Jun 1, 2021 | No Comments

We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.

Our transit vehicles haven't looked like this since the early 80s. Isn't it time our federal transit funding policies got a 2020 upgrade, too? Image: Creative Commons

It's Time to End The 80-20 Split

By Kea Wilson | Nov 18, 2020 | No Comments

A single, 38-year-old transportation law has locked America into a car-dominated status quo for far too long — and advocates believe the next congress could be the ones to finally get our country out of the 1980s for good.

Trump’s Road Grants Favor Red, Rural Projects

By Kea Wilson | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Obama's signature TIGER program became just another highway fund when President Trump rechristened it BUILD — but this may be the worst year yet.

We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2020 | No Comments

Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.

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