A Great Big Freeway — Thanks to Induced Demand
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Los Angeles is getting what it paid for when it widened 10 miles of its most infamous freeways — another lane of traffic.
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Amsterdam to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2030
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By 2030, the city plans to ban all gas-powered cars from the city limits. The city will begin phasing them out next year.
The $2T Infrastructure Plan May Worsen Climate Change
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Without strong leadership, $2 trillion infrastructure bill could lock-in high, climate threatening transportation emissions.
What Toronto Learned By Giving Its Streetcar Its Own Lane
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You can move more people in crowded cities when you get cars out of the way of more efficient modes — like transit.
How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized — By Law
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Greg Shill, a law professor, attempted to itemize all the ways driving is legally favored in the U.S. Let's just say it's a long list.
Car-Centric Transportation Policies are Driving Us to Ruin
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Low-income people are increasingly being trapped in a cycle of debt by subprime auto lending. The American transportation system offers them few alternatives.