Infrastructure
Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt
The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.
March 4, 2021
Food, mobility justice advocates join forces at the Chicago Food Justice Summit
March 3, 2021
These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip On U.S. Cities
The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
March 3, 2021
Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?
Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.
February 22, 2021
Why We Need To Stop Calling Auto-Centric Roads ‘Assets’
Your city can't sell a road to the next town over when it needs a little cash. So why do our municipal accounting standards count highways as "assets"? Advocates say it's time to fix that. Image: Jay Galvin via Creative Commons
February 18, 2021
Better Streets calls on the city to develop a plan for municipal sidewalk snow removal
February 15, 2021
Op-Ed: Highway Expansion Would Take Md. in the Wrong Direction
It is time for Maryland to shed obsolete highway-focused traffic solutions, and pursue alternative strategies that give residents more, and cleaner, choices for how to get around.
February 15, 2021
Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-lead approach to planning
February 2, 2021
Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule
February 1, 2021
Could a network of Slow Streets circuits speed pandemic recovery?
January 27, 2021
