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Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul
There is almost no evidence that cycling regulations are making U.S. streets safer, and more than enough evidence that they should be overhauled to prevent disproportionately harmful impacts against people of color, a new study finds.
August 24, 2022
Why Arguments Against ‘Free Transit’ Are Missing the Point
Free transit pilots are popping up around the world as the pandemic rages on — and so are heated debates about whether they'll stymie efforts to deliver the high-quality service.
August 23, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity
What's it like to walk across America? It can be beautiful — but also assaultive.
July 14, 2022
Op-Ed: Why Decarceration Must Be a Part of Transportation Reform
Transit agencies can move from a policing model that seeks to detain, arrest, and imprison people to a system that carefully considers accessibility, affordability, mental health, public health, reentry, safety, and healing. Here's how.
June 16, 2022
Study: Black Cyclists Die 4.5x More Often Than White Riders
And the stats aren't much better for other modes or other racially marginalized groups.
June 14, 2022
Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects
"So many neighborhoods across the country are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it," says one activist.
May 19, 2022
Why Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Abortion Access
Auto-centrism already poses a barrier to health care — and the likely rollback of the once-protected procedure could make that hurdle insurmountable for many.
May 3, 2022
What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing
A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in transportation includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.
April 24, 2022
Study: Car Ownership Doesn’t Help Black Workers’ Commutes
It still takes Black workers 22 minutes longer to get to work every week than their White counterparts — it's probably not possible to speed up those commutes in urban areas with automotive strategies alone.
April 22, 2022
The Brake: What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Transportation (And Why It Matters)
A new zine from a top transit nonprofit explores why the needs of women need to be at the center of U.S. transit planning — and what it's like for gender-marginalized people who are working to change the status quo.
March 16, 2022
