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Virginia Snowstorm Nightmare Highlights Need For Better Transportation Policy

By Kea Wilson | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

A record-breaking snowstorm that left countless drivers, including a U.S. senator, stranded overnight on a Virginia highway has some advocates questioning the region's auto-centric transportation system.

Reducing driving and converting diesel engines to electric ones could slash a billion metric tons of C02 emissions.

Less Driving, More Electrics Will Reduce Emissions

By Aaron Short | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

People need to live and work radically differently if the United States can even hope to get halfway towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, but a new paper released last month says the most important change would come in how we get around.

Climate Protests Stop D.C. Traffic Dead

By Aaron Short | Sep 24, 2019 | 4 Comments

The goal was to reminded drivers of the ravaging effects their car dependency has on life on this planet.

The Texas Transportation Commission could approve $600 million in road improvements for the Permian Basin this week, with little regard for the transit needs of the region.

Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | 3 Comments

An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.

Minneapolis transit officials cut overnight service on the Green Line, displacing scores of homeless people.

Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis

By Aaron Short | Aug 19, 2019 | 9 Comments

Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Showers & Snow Photo Contest!

By Tanya Snyder | May 16, 2014 | No Comments

Congratulations to Todd Consentino and Chris Chaney, winners of the Ortlieb Showers & Snow photo contest by the Alliance for Biking & Walking and Streetsblog. We received over 100 photos of rainy, snowy biking and walking from dozens of photographers. Ten photos made it to the final round; of those, two were chosen by a (somewhat buggy) popular vote. […]

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