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Study: Why Repealing Helmet Laws Doesn’t Necessarily Decrease Helmet Use

By George Kevin Jordan | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments

One Washington county’s decision to stop requiring cyclists to wear helmets by law was associated with an increase in helmet use, a new study finds — and that finding could have a major impact for advocates of equitable cycling legislation nationwide.

Tuesday’s Headlines Are Too Poor to Drive

By Blake Aued | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments

Inequality is rising, and a growing number of people are stranded without cars or access to good transit.

Op-Ed: To Recover from COVID, Transit Needs a Rider-Centered Future. Here’s How.

By Colin Drake | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Together, the key players in transit — riders, elected officials and decision-makers, staff and consultants, and advocates and media — have the power to rebuild a stronger transit system, one that is financially sustainable and positioned to carry the masses into the future. But only if we each do our part and we trust each other to do the same.

Three Things To Know About the National Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ‘Epidemic’

By Kea Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to explode into a culture war against electric microbility.

Lisa Ford walks her grandchildren, Cannon Castell; Jada Ford; and Chastity Castell, across a temporary crosswalk.

Monday’s Headlines Are For the Children

By Blake Aued | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Car-centric landscapes come at an enormous cost, including the deaths of children and the grief of parents.

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They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

The Massachusetts Attorney General is warning cities and towns across eastern Massachusetts that they “must comply” with the state’s new law and legalize multifamily housing near MBTA bus routes and rail stations.

A map of redlined Black neighborhoods in Minneapolis, Minn. Source: Mapping Inequality

Study: Pedestrian Death Rate More Than 2x Higher in Historically Red-Lined Neighborhoods

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

Communities that were red-lined in the 1930s are still experiencing more than twice the rate of pedestrian deaths today than more privileged neighborhoods — and we can't achieve Vision Zero until we reckon with racist and classist policies that contribute to the disparity, a groundbreaking new study argues.

An Open Streets event in Washington, DC. Source: Ted Eytan via Creative Commons.

Friday’s Headlines Keep the Change

By Blake Aued | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

When it comes to making the pandemic-era "open streets" movement permanent, you can guess which side we come down on.

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Chicago Highway Expansion Transformed into Greenway Project

By John Greenfield | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

While it may be a few years until the greenway project gets off the ground, it's certainly a fantastic outcome that instead of being filled by cars, trucks, and pollution, the corridor will be used by pedestrians, bike riders, and wildlife.

Talking Headways Podcast: Roadways for People

By Jeff Wood | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

Thursday’s Headlines Have Allergies

By Blake Aued | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

We're feeling congested, much like this list of freeways. Too bad we don't live in a car-free development.

Inset photo: I-45 Expansion Impacts, via LINK Houston with support from Stop TxDOT I-45

‘Secretary Pete Can’t Save You’: FHWA OKs Houston Highway Expansion After Pause

By Kea Wilson | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

"The lesson here is, Secretary Pete is not going to come in and save the day," said one highway opponent. "And he probably isn’t capable of saving the day."

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