Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
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Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
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Op-Ed: Portland’s Costly Highway Mistake
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The city should reverse course and cancel the expansion of Interstate 5.
There is Still Structural Racism in Transportation: Report
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Cities must include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism in our car-dependent society that has long favored suburban commuters in single-family homes over poorer communities riven by highways and pollution, a new report argues. Smart Growth America’s report, “The State of Transportation and […]
Mobility Advocates Clash With Labor Over Transportation Money
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It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.
House Transportation Comm. Chairman Rips Uber, Lyft
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio had invited representatives from Uber and Lyft to sit on a panel discussing the future of transportation network companies. On Monday, he learned ride hail officials declined to participate, so DeFazio used his opening remarks to lambast both companies for contributing to longer traffic delays and higher […]
Less Driving And More Electrics Will Reduce Emissions
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People need to live and work radically differently if the United States can even hope to get halfway towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, but a new paper released last month says the most important change would come in how we get around.