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STUDY: What A Lifetime of Car Ownership Costs — And Who Pays
The average motorist will pay a whopping $650,000 on the low end to own a car over his or her lifetime, and society will pick up over 40 percent of the tab, a new study finds.
February 9, 2022
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy
The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, which continues to allow states to prioritize building new capacity for drivers over repairing existing stuff.
January 29, 2022
New D.C. Law Makes Employers Refund Workers Who Reject Pro-Driving Benefits
Many employers in Washington, D.C. are now required to pay workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits — a model for other American cities who want to stop incentivizing commuters to drive.
January 7, 2022
Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing
And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.
December 15, 2021
OPINION: New Yorkers Deserve Trash-Free Sidewalks
November 26, 2021
Council Speaker Candidates Debate (and Pander on) Livable Streets Issues
Would-be leaders Francisco Moya and Justin Brannan were far more conciliatory towards car drivers than other potential speakers.
November 19, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic
At the 2021 Railvolution conference, our podcast maestro talked about transit-expansion plans and progress in several respective regions, as well as how they kept things going during the pandemic.
November 18, 2021
FYI: Portland Considers Electric-Cargo-Bike Delivery Hubs
The City of Portland is considering a new use for streets that would lead to cleaner and greener deliveries: “micro delivery hubs.”
November 8, 2021
It’s Time for America to Talk About Bike Parking
A historic commitment to increase bike parking in Paris has U.S. advocates wondering why cycle storage doesn't get the same level of attention in American cities — and sharing policy strategies that could help.
November 7, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’
How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.
October 20, 2021
