Infrastructure
Basics
The Dinosaur: John Forester Defends Anti-Bike Lane Credo
October 3, 2019
City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.
September 10, 2019
Bond Voyage! Houston Faces $3.5B Transit Decision
Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.
August 19, 2019
Senate’s $287B Road Repair Offers Just .4% for Biking
Two U.S. Senators are pushing a bill that would allocate $287 billion to fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges — with less than one percent of it set aside to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe.
July 29, 2019
President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M
Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
July 17, 2019
Highway Boondoggles: Tar Heel State’s Road Expansion Disaster
It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.
June 19, 2019
Highway Boondoggles 2019: Nine Projects That Should Never Happen
Here's the thing with highway expansion projects: They're big. They're expensive. And they have limited benefit. Our friends at US PIRG present their annual report.
June 18, 2019
Federal unSAFE Rollbacks Would Have Dire Consequences for Air Quality
The federal proposal poses some very serious problems; litigation might delay them, but few want to talk about other solutions
June 6, 2019
The Real Reason Roads Are In Bad Shape
States don't lack money for road maintenance. They just spend it on expensive new projects — ribbon cuttings! — instead.
May 15, 2019
There’s a Right Way to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure
A new report seeks to upend the debate over infrastructure to investments that boost mass transit while saving the planet.
May 14, 2019
