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Monday’s Headlines Just Say No to E-Cars
They're not as great as the New York Times makes them out to be. Plus, the Biden administration's mixed messages on oil drilling.
November 14, 2022
Friday’s Headlines Sing Unhappy Birthday
One hundred years ago this week, a roadbuilder's article in an engineering journal ushered in the era when streets became strictly for cars, not people.
November 11, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines Get Results
Election results, that is. Find out what happened with Tuesday's transit referendums all over the country.
November 10, 2022
Voters Approve Tax Hike on High-Income Earners to Fund Education and Transportation
Voters approve a higher income tax rate on high-income earners that could generate about $2 billion a year in additional revenue for education and transportation programs.
November 9, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines Guzzle Gas
For all their whining about high gas prices, drivers sure are buying a lot of it. Plus, why infrastructure may have cost Dems the election.
November 9, 2022
Election Day: How to Vote, What We’re Watching
Today is Election Day in Massachusetts, when Massachusetts voters will pick a new Governor, their representatives in the State House (and in Washington), and four statewide referendums.
November 8, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines Go to the Polls
If you haven't already, don't forget to vote! Today's elections will shape transportation policy at all levels of government.
November 8, 2022
Midterm Races that Sustainable Transportation Advocates Are Watching
Sustainable transportation is on Tuesday's ballot in communities across America — and advocates say that several of the most important aspects our federal transportation future may hang in the balance, too.
November 7, 2022
Monday’s Headlines Think Globally
The United States is indeed exceptional, in that we somehow spend more money on transit projects and have more people die in the streets than anywhere else.
November 7, 2022
Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought
A pair of new studies are challenging the myth that micromobility doesn't cut car travel or reduce more emissions than the modes they tend to replace.
November 4, 2022