Talking Headways Podcast: Revel, Revel — Mopeds Make their Mark
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"I think cars are the problem for sure, but we all have to do our part," Revel's vice president tells our podcaster.
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The Bike Parking Revolution is Here (With Your Help)!
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Oonee — the secure bike parking company — has just built two new compact, ad-free curbside pods that could be a game-changer.
Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road
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A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.
Hit-and-Runs Against Cyclists Surge During Quarantine
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Drivers aren't just killing cyclists on quarantine-emptied roads — they're also leaving them to die there.
Lithium Mining and the Hidden Environmental Costs of EVs
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The Green New Deal is clearly better than our carbon-based catastrophic course. But it also depends on massive amounts of lithium — and extracting it will carry a big environmental cost of its own.
A Round and a Roundy: A Hot Take on the New DOT Commissioner
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Make sure you have oven mitts on when you click today's editorial cartoon by Bill Roundy.
KOMANOFF: Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang
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So, policymakers, be careful what you wish for when EVs are concerned: If congestion increases because of an exemption for electric vehicles, a primary benefit of congestion pricing disappears.
‘Open Culture’ Program Must Be Equitable and Expansive, Says Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Others
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New York "open culture" program could spur cultural activity across all five boroughs and into neighborhoods with little access to arts programming — if City Hall does it right, said advocates and the council member who created the program.
Study: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries? Build MORE Protected Bike Lanes
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Very few pedestrians are being struck and injured by cyclists — and such injuries are dropping dramatically as more and more cities, especially New York, build more protected infrastructure for bike riders.
A Look Back at Bezos’s Dirty Legacy on U.S. Roadways
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Jeff Bezos stepped down from the top spot at Amazon yesterday, but his toxic legacy on America's roadways isn't going anywhere.
MEMO FROM THE MIDWEST: Buttigieg’s American Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary
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Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.