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‘Whether They See It Or Not’: How the ‘Arrested Mobility’ of Black Americans Harms Everyone
"Policy could be the decision to invest in a community, or to disinvest [in that community]. In Black, brown, low-income communities, the policy has been disinvestment."
May 28, 2025
Wednesday’s Headlines Look for a Bailout
Congress's latest Band-Aid for the Federal Highway Trust Fund won't keep it solvent, but it will hurt transit.
May 28, 2025
Tuesday’s Headlines Unplugged
Republicans in Washington, D.C. are doing their best to make sure everyone is forced to drive a gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing vehicle.
May 27, 2025
Friday’s Headlines Transform and Roll Out
Will autonomous vehicles really make us safer? Maybe in the long run, but maybe not in the short run.
May 23, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: When You Don’t Really Need an Ambulance
Let's talk about the realities of non-emergency medical transportation, long a quiet backwater of urban transport planning.
May 22, 2025
How A Single Transportation Emergency Can Keep Parents From Achieving Their College Dreams
Abigail Seldin of Scholarship America about the 3.8 million U.S. students who are earning degrees while raising families.
May 22, 2025
Thursday’s Headlines Are Open 24 Hours
Between an egg surcharge and now EV chargers, late-night diner chain Waffle House looks ready to thrown down with the Trump administration.
May 22, 2025
Wednesday’s Headlines Have a System
The safe systems approach to street design, popular in Europe, could cut U.S. traffic deaths in half.
May 21, 2025
Does Transportation Advocacy Have a Place In the Wake of a Deadly Tornado?
Much of St. Louis is struggling in the wake of a deadly tornado. Amid such disasters, urbanism needs a pause and a rethink.
May 21, 2025
Should We Treat the Local Bus As a Basic Right?
There's a way of framing public transit that makes the bus a useful mobility tool for everyone: as a moving extension of the sidewalk network.
May 20, 2025
