Highway Boondoggles Part V: Duluth’s ‘Can of Worms’
It’s sometimes said that Minnesota has two seasons: winter and road construction. In Duluth, an ongoing, multiyear highway project has sucked up millions of taxpayer dollars on a road that many residents believe shouldn’t even be there in the first place.
September 19, 2022
Opinion: America Should ‘Think Round’ For Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
Congress has not only codified roundabouts into federal law for the first time, and put them at the top of the list of examples of highway safety improvement projects. They've also defined them as providing “for the safety of all road users.”
September 19, 2022
Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’
A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.
September 16, 2022
Mile-High City Halts Two Highway Expansions — And Gives the Money to Transit Instead
Colorado will cancel two planned highway expansions, citing a new climate rule that advocates say should be a model for communities across America.
September 15, 2022
How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future
Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.
September 14, 2022
School Bus ‘Stop Arm’ Cameras Work — So Why Don’t More States Use Them?
Artificial intelligence can protect children as they get on and off the bus — at least in cities that allow school districts to install life-saving technology.
September 13, 2022
Highway Boondoggles, Part I: Maryland’s Misguided Highway Extension
Here's the first installment of this year's "Highway Boondoggles" series — we'll start in Montgomery County, Maryland.
September 13, 2022
The Shifting Nature of Terror on U.S. Transit
There are more violent terrorist attacks against transit in the U.S. than in any other economically advanced country, a new study finds — but those incidents are more likely to be antisocial and random than criminally or politically motivated, raising thorny questions about what officials should do to save lives.
September 12, 2022
How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles
Federal funding could be spent on fixing our aging roads, making our streets safer, and making it easier to travel on transit, by bike or on foot, giving Americans real options for getting around without a car. But it will more likely be spent on expanding highways.
September 12, 2022
Epic 150-Kid ‘Bike Bus’ Shows America a Better Way to Get to School
A viral video of hundreds of students biking to school together shows how to give more kids the opportunity to get to school on their own two wheels.
September 8, 2022
