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Rural Areas Need Sustainable Transportation Too

By Kea Wilson | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Rural communities need policies that make it easier for residents to drive less, a new report argues — but federal politicians keep perpetuating the myth that transit, walking and biking have no place outside mega-cities.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole

By Jeff Wood | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Hollander chats with us about a range of topics, including VMT Taxes, using eye-tracking software to measure the effects of the built environment on people’s minds, and the most recent census release.

Sen. Ed Markey co-introduced four bills that are getting love from green transportation advocates. Source: Victoria Pickering via Creative Commons

Four Bills Could Help Break the Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.

Can Columbus Grow Itself Toward Walkability?

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 30, 2019 | 7 Comments

The city's new plan would concentrate growth around a few corridors with beefed up transit.

Minneapolis Moves to Eliminate Mandatory Parking

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 12, 2018 | 19 Comments

The end of single-family zoning rule has gotten all the attention. But Minneapolis's new plan is groundbreaking on transportation as well.

Pandora's box? Photo: Paul Swansen/Flickr

Amazon Could Kill Car-Dependent Big Box Retail. Will It Also Kill Main Street?

By Stephen Miller | Apr 26, 2017 | 15 Comments

Amazon is chipping away at the dominance of big box stores, which might warm the hearts of people who watched Walmart and other retailers ruthlessly suck the life out of walkable downtowns for years on end. But is it really a good thing?

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