Mobility Justice
Should We Treat the Local Bus As a Basic Right?
There's a way of framing public transit that makes the bus a useful mobility tool for everyone: as a moving extension of the sidewalk network.
Op-Ed: Public Transportation is Key to Social Mobility
"As wealth inequality grows and social mobility becomes more difficult, people without access to mobility will be left behind."
Freedom to Move: Why Immigration Belongs in the Mobility Conversation
"If movement is a right, then that right must apply to everyone regardless of identity."
Breaking: House Moves to Rescind $3.1B for Reconnecting Communities Divided by Highways
The House Transportation Committee wants to slash funding for one of America's most critical equity-focused grant programs — unless advocates speak out and get them to reverse course.
Update: Philadelphia Did NOT Eliminate America’s Best Free Transit Program!
The City of Brotherly Love has been giving free rides of tens of thousands of low-income residents — but the money might be about to dry up.
Is ‘Walk Score’ Really Just a ‘White Score’?
A provocative new paper argues that one of America's most popular real estate tools is driving investment to predominantly white urban neighborhoods, without meaningfully expanding walkability for anyone else.
Survey: Americans Still Want Police To Cut Traffic Stops That Don’t Make Anyone Safer
Americans never lost their appetite for police reform in the traffic safety realm – and their leaders are starting to listen, a new study suggests.
This Company Wants to Electrify Bikes Faster Than Ever Before
For just $100 and a small monthly subscription, this company hopes to get the world on e-bikes — by leveraging the bikes they already have.
Sustainable Transportation Research Is Snagged In Trump’s Anti-‘DEI’ Dragnet
President Trump's war on efforts to boost diversity, equity and inclusion is taking important mobility justice research down with it.
Op-Ed: Reviewing America’s First (and Last?) Federal ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Pilot
The Biden administration exhausted the funds of the first-in-the-nation Reconnecting Communities program before they left office. But how did they spend the money — and what can we learn about how to do better next time, if advocates ever get another bite at the apple?
