commuting
Friday Video: How to Gear Up For Your Fall Bike Commute
The only must-haves for a cycling commute are a bike and a place you feel safe riding — but a few accessories don't hurt, either.
August 8, 2025
Op-Ed: This ‘Bike to Work’ Day, Let’s Pass Bold Policies To Support Cyclists
"It is hard to think of another mode of transportation that is a more powerful tool to meet [our challenges.]"
May 17, 2024
THE BRAKE: Why Americans Don’t Always Drive Less When Gas Prices Soar
Even with high gas prices, many Americans aren't driving any less because so many of their communities are so car-dependent. How do you fix that? Listen to our podcast.
July 12, 2022
How Cities Can Use Transportation Demand Management to ‘Manage’ Car Dependency
The same tool that communities have used for decades to make commutes easier on drivers can be refashioned to reduce reliance on automobiles altogether, a leading planning consultancy argues — and there's a better blueprint that cities can follow right now.
May 16, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A Next-Generation Transportion Policy
What's next? Harriet Tregoning, director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, talk about their report, "Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy."
May 5, 2022
Study: Car Ownership Doesn’t Always Cut 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 20, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham
This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.
April 7, 2022
Study: Shifting Commutes During Pandemic Reduced Cyclists Hit By Drivers
Cycling became safer during the pandemic last year because riders were more likely to use off-road trails during the middle of the day, bypassing dangerous rush hour roadways, a new study found.
November 18, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: How We’ve Subsidized Driving (and What To Do About It)
This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Litman discusses his book "New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies." We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future.
August 26, 2021
Studies Show Riding Transit During Pandemic Is Pretty Safe
As coronavirus cases surge nationally, many scientific studies are reassuring essential workers that it's largely safe to take public transportation (if they use basic precautions) — and reminding Washington that it's past time to give transit agencies the relief they need.
November 20, 2020
