Infrastructure
Basics
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
Talking to the new Urban Institute honcho about projects added to his transit inventory, the new infrastructure bill and a look back at our predictions from last year.
March 25, 2021
CDOT to the feds: The new draft of the MUTCD is still way too car-centric
March 12, 2021
Chuy Garcia’s bill calls for four times the current amount of federal transit funding
March 9, 2021
New data shows Chicago’s speed cameras are effective in preventing traffic deaths
March 4, 2021
Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt
The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.
March 4, 2021
Food, mobility justice advocates join forces at the Chicago Food Justice Summit
March 3, 2021
These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip On U.S. Cities
The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
March 3, 2021
Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?
Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.
February 22, 2021
Why We Need To Stop Calling Auto-Centric Roads ‘Assets’
Your city can't sell a road to the next town over when it needs a little cash. So why do our municipal accounting standards count highways as "assets"? Advocates say it's time to fix that. Image: Jay Galvin via Creative Commons
February 18, 2021
Better Streets calls on the city to develop a plan for municipal sidewalk snow removal
February 15, 2021
