Vehicle Safety Standards 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
Apple’s Misread of Walking Data Shows That We Really Don’t Know Much about Pedestrians
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
Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers
We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.
April 23, 2020
CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19
The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.
April 17, 2020
We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19
Our system of financing road repairs is broken.
April 13, 2020
Federal Corona Relief Bill Seems Generous To Transit. Don’t Be Fooled — It’s Not.
The top 10 transit systems in America asked for $25 billion They got $10.5 billion. Do the math.
April 8, 2020
In Case You Didn’t Realize, But Here’s Why Trump’s Fuel-Economy Rollback is Terrible Policy
The president's decision to relax crucial climate change and car-efficiency standards cannot be defended once all the facts are considered, as we do here.
April 2, 2020
Uber, Lyft Have Long Screwed Gig Workers with ‘Independent Contractor’ Scam — Now Taxpayers Provide the Bailout
Taxi apps have a long history of denying workers basic protections. That's blowing up in all our faces right now.
March 26, 2020
Look How Well the Freight Industry Can Work When Cars are Banished from U.S. Highways!
We don't need more roads. We just need cars off those roads so our delivery infrastructure can work.
March 25, 2020
Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths
Deadly car crashes are not the price we must pay to sustain our civilization. Neither are coronavirus deaths.
March 24, 2020
