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What’s Different About the New Federal E-Bike Credit Proposal

By Kea Wilson | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

A popular proposal for a federal e-bike credit is back in front of Congress — and this time, supporters have hard proof of concept that it will be the emissions-slashing, congestion-cutting, mode-shifting tool that Americans deserve.

Talking Headways Podcast: What Sports Teams Bring (and Don’t Bring) to Cities

By Jeff Wood | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

There are both benefits — and pitfalls — from stadium deals.

The current Columbia River Bridge is slated to be replaced with one that has room for light rail. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Two Big Reasons States Keep Expanding Freeways

By Joe Cortright | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

Highway widening advocates offer up a kind of manifest destiny storyline: population and traffic are ever-increasing, and unless we accommodate them we’ll be awash in cars, traffic and gridlock. The rising tide of cars is treated as a irresistible force of nature. But is it?

Electric Bicycle Incentives Go Local, But Feds Can Do More

By David Zipper | Mar 28, 2022 | No Comments

Unfortunately, federal leaders still have a ways to go — many legislators have yet to acknowledge the e-bike’s demonstrated ability to replace car trips.

The federal government funds road construction like the above at four times the amount that it spends on transit. Photo: file

How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality

By Basav Sen | Feb 4, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.

Talking Headways Podcast: Optimism on Infrastructure

By Jeff Wood | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis, to talk about her book "Infrastructural Optimism." We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from postmodernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.

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