Transportation Policy
Basics
Buttigieg Plan: Vision Zero Plus Other Goodies
Mayor Pete's transportation plan would create a national Vision Zero plan, charge drivers more for their use of the roads, build more public transit, and create "sustainable infrastructure" jobs — but it also has some proposals that might undermine all of it.
January 11, 2020
Op-Ed: Portland’s Costly Highway Mistake
The city should reverse course and cancel the expansion of Interstate 5.
December 26, 2019
Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…
Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.
December 26, 2019
On Wisconsin: Badger State Slow to Improve Transit
Wisconsin is trying to stop its brain drain — and transit can provide the plug ... if state lawmakers would only embrace it.
December 19, 2019
Op-Ed: How Transit Activists Can Win — A Primer
If you’re a transit rider in just about any American city, chances are the service you rely on falls somewhere between not-great and awful. The closest bus may only run once an hour, your train may be constantly delayed, or you may feel like the simple act of crossing the street to reach the bus stop is not worth the risk. To make matters worse, it often seems like no one in a position of power cares.
December 17, 2019
Think Tank Offers Road Map to Break the Car Culture
Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.
December 10, 2019
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
December 3, 2019
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
December 2, 2019
Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 26, 2019
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.
November 25, 2019
