mobility
Basics
What Happened When Buffalo Changed Its Parking Rules
In 2017 Buffalo, New York, became the first U.S. city to stop requiring development projects to include at least a minimum amount of parking. Here's what happened next.
June 14, 2021
Commentary: What do parking requirements have to do with affordable housing?
April 16, 2021
People Are Still Riding the Bus During COVID-19 — and We Need To Protect Them
If people are taking buses, bus systems will need support for more rear-door boarding, protective gear for workers, cleanings, hazard pay, increased service to reduce crowding.
April 30, 2020
Car Dependency Helped Build the Modern Nursing Home Landscape. During COVID-19, It’s Killing our Seniors.
The elderly have the highest risk for dying of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. The car-focused world many of them live in just makes it worse.
April 30, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Houston Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities
This week, we talked to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about the city’s Complete Communities program.
April 30, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
Everyone knows transit is losing riders, but all modes are not alike. Click here for that story and more (including the latest from President Trump on how cities should run their transit systems. Woo-boy!).
April 30, 2020
Vehicle Safety Assessments Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 28, 2020
Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”
A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
April 28, 2020
We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19
The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.
April 28, 2020
BUZZKILL: Blue Angels ‘Tribute’ is Just Pollution
If spewing pollution over a city battling a respiratory disease is a salute, it's definitely the one-finger kind.
April 27, 2020
