Transportation Policy
Basics
OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles
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June 2, 2022
Biden’s ‘Justice40’ Initiative Could Mean More Emissions, Worse Health Outcomes in Poor Areas
The aim of the Biden Administration's Justice40 initiative should be delivering solutions that will improve daily life to the people who need them most.
May 26, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.
May 19, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Transportation Insecurity
This week, Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Alex Murphy, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, talk about their transportation security index.
May 12, 2022
THE BRAKE: Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning
What if any American could tell at a glance how her unique local land use policies influence the way she and her neighbors get around, without having to dig through a mountain of arcane jargon to get there?
May 10, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A Next-Generation Transportion Policy
What's next? Harriet Tregoning, director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, talk about their report, "Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy."
May 5, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: The 15 Minute Church
We chat with Travis Norvell, minister at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis and author of "Church on the Move," about the future of church parking lots and how cars have changed communities.
April 28, 2022
STEAL THIS IDEA: Denver Offering Rebates on E-Bike Purchases
Colorado is high ... on getting e-bikes into the hands of drivers.
April 26, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Lighting the Way for Pedestrians
In their new book, "Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians," Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger talk about creating legible nighttime spaces, programming those spaces, and the future of lighting and transportation.
April 21, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham
This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.
April 7, 2022
