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In news from the livable streets movement, Dave Colon reports from New York City on how in order to achieve his “fast and free” buses campaign promise, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will need to re-energize the left-of-center coalition that sent him to City Hall, lest he end up failing commuters just like his recent predecessors did.
Plus — An op-ed from organizer Alex Burns on why it is time for state transportation leaders to come to terms with an inconvenient truth: climate goals are not feasible without a swift and methodical reallocation of road space away from cars.
How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
