Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Commuting

Los Angeles has the worst congestion in the country with drivers sitting in traffic an average of 119 hours in 2017.

Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Aaron Short | Sep 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

Do Millennials Love Sprawl Now? Eh, Not Exactly

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 3, 2019 | 8 Comments

Millennials are moving to suburbs. But in a lot of cases they don't have much of a choice.

The North Houston Highway Improvement Project will expand already vast swaths of highway
through the middle of Houston, displacing homes and businesses and dividing communities.
Image: Texas Dept. of Transportation

Boondoggles: Nine Projects That Should Not Happen

By Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale | Jun 18, 2019 | 9 Comments

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.

New Bill Would Provide a Tax Break for Bike Commuters

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2019 | 49 Comments

Bike commuters would be able to write off $53 per month in related expenses, under a new House bill.

Believe it or Not, Trump put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots – Maybe by Mistake

By Michael Andersen | Feb 14, 2019 | 4 Comments

But the IRS might let big companies wriggle out of it. You can comment until Feb. 22.

Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 24, 2019 | 22 Comments

We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.

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