D.C. SUV Owners Will Finally Pay Much More to Drive Such Behemoths
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The era of big government vehicle is over.
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Talking Headways Podcast: A Next-Generation Transportion Policy
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What's next? Harriet Tregoning, director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, talk about their report, "Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy."
THUNDER ROAD: Car Noise Stokes Heart Attacks, Study Finds
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Researchers in New Jersey link traffic racket to cardiovascular disease and cardiac episodes, proving again that it's death, not redemption, that's beneath a dirty hood.
Post-Pandemic Period Proves Perilous to Pedestrians
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The decade-long pedestrian death crisis has worsened, with a double-digit percentage increase in deaths caused by U.S. drivers — and experts are blaming it on speeding, distracted driving, larger vehicles and roads that prioritize car drivers over everyone else.
OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
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Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark
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Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.