COVID-19
Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week
New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 Reveals That the Real Cure For Freight Truck Congestion is Fewer Cars
We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.
March 25, 2020
Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America
Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.
March 24, 2020
Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths
It's bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus.
March 24, 2020
Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19
Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
March 24, 2020
COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?
COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.
March 23, 2020
Gov. Demands City Give Some Streets to Pedestrians
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to give pedestrians more space so they can get around yet stay at a distance.
March 22, 2020
Congress Urged to Save Transit During Crisis
March 20, 2020
During COVID-19, Lime and Bird Pull Back; Spin Steps Up
In the midst of a pandemic, is micromobility another way to spread the virus — or more important than ever before?
March 19, 2020
Crisis Stretches Small Transit Providers Thinner
March 19, 2020
