How To Get Young Riders on Intercity Rail
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Why doesn’t Amtrak offer a discounted rail pass for youth?
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GOP Infrastructure Bill Goes All-In On Cars
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Senate Republicans celebrated Earth Day by releasing a counter-offer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan that would only deepen America’s dependence on gas-powered cars.
Talking Headways Podcast: Down on Main Street
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Let's talk with Mindy Fullilove about the psychology of place, the strength of weak ties, and how cities are a part of nature.
Needed: A Federal Program to Boost Transit Service
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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Transit Center and is republished with permission. On March 13, 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, the Federal Transit Administration responded to the emergency by enabling transit agencies to spend federal funds to run buses and trains. It was a break with longstanding policy. Normally, federal grants are reserved […]
SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?
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Americans set a new record last month for SUV and pickup truck sales. But who's buying all these giant cars (mostly Republicans, it turns out).
Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
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Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
And the Sorriest Bus Stop in North America Is…
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Hint: North America has a new l’arrêt d’autobus le plus désolant.
Q&A: Eric Jacobsen on How Cars Make us Lonelier
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The author of "Three Pieces of Glass" shows how the phone, the TV and the car windshield make us so damn unhappy.
Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Work
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France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes — and the move is re-igniting the conversation about unconventional ways our governments can subsidize the greenest modes of transportation.
Op-Ed: Sure, Blame the Drivers — But the City is At Fault
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A viral video out of California is sparking conversation about dangerous driving. But the real villain here is barely mentioned at all: a multi-lane street designed to encourage speeding,
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.