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Northern Disclosure: Canada’s Road Laws Could Help Save U.S. Lives
The U.S. would be safer if we implemented some of Canada's most common roadway laws — but the politics are complicated.
August 6, 2025
Tuesday’s Headlines Smile, You’re on Candid Camera
Automated traffic enforcement cameras are easy to hate, until you start looking at how much they make streets safer.
August 5, 2025
Trump’s Transportation ‘Funding Freeze’ Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg, GAO Says
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was slow to get money out the door even before the current president threw the process into chaos. This must change.
August 4, 2025
Monday’s Headlines Hit the Beach
North America needs more coastal bikeways like those in European beach towns, David Zipper writes in CityLab.
August 4, 2025
Bus Rapid Transit Can Work … If Cities Follow the Formula
It sure beats the current method of guessing or simply basing the route on how strongly a given neighborhood opposes or supports it.
August 1, 2025
Friday’s Headlines Take It Back
Apparently transportation can be too "woke." Plus, only cities can save us from climate change now, and more headlines.
August 1, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Emissions Reduction for Bike Commutes
Mark Kabbash on his new system for measuring and verifying bike commuting to obtain carbon avoidance credits.
July 31, 2025
Thursday’s Headlines Are Hotter Than July
Communities are going to court to access the bike/walk dollars they say the Trump administration froze.
July 31, 2025
Wednesday’s Headlines Welcome Our Robot Overlords
The robotaxi field is growing, but with buyouts and now possibly layoffs at the U.S. DOT, will anyone be left to regulate them?
July 30, 2025
Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill Kills Lovely QueensWay Park (Plus Many Efforts to Erase ‘Racist’ Highways)
Here's another reason for Mayor Adams to have buyer's remorse over his bromance with President Trump.
July 29, 2025
