Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transportation Policy

Vision Zero Under the Microscope: Why Aren’t Road Fatalities at 0 Yet?

By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

Washington D.C. has failed to bring down road fatalities because its Vision Zero program is hampered by limited infrastructure improvements, low funding and inconsistent oversight, part one of a new report reveals.

3,000 out of 3,001 Americans Want to Decarbonize Transportation — But Will the GOP Do It?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 17, 2022 | No Comments

By a roughly 3,000-to-1 ratio during the public comment period, Americans support a key Biden administration climate initiative.

Bogotá, Colombia — one of the most congested cities in the world — piloted a new app-based dynamic congestion pricing model. Photo: Carlos F. Pardo

Bogotá Tries to Make Congestion Pricing Flexible and Equitable

By Carlos F. Pardo and Frederic Charlier | Oct 17, 2022 | No Comments

Congestion pricing is one of the most common-sense tools for creating a more efficient transportation system if implemented properly. Here's how.

The memorial ghost bike installed in memory of Michael Weilert. Photo: Carla Gramlich

Opinion: Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?

By Marlene Druker | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments

We can’t keep using the places that poor people live in as highways for wealthier people to move through quickly.

Talking Headways Podcast: Texas Highway Tangle

By Jeff Wood | Oct 6, 2022 | No Comments

Why is there no affordable housing in Austin? The Texas DOT is a big force pushing for sprawl, a journalist finds.

Talking Headways Podcast: Funding Transportation in South Florida

By Jeff Wood | Sep 29, 2022 | No Comments

Careful wording helped pass a ballot measure with a tax surcharge for transit.

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