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Outrage Builds Over ‘Magic Wand’ Gas Tax Holiday as State Studies Congestion Pricing for Years
It's an ironic move, given the state's environmental goals. It's also bad optics.
April 8, 2022
Commentary: Even Airline Exec Prefers High-Speed Rail
Oil companies don't want you to know it, but even the boss of JetBlue takes high-speed rail over flying
April 6, 2022
Another person was pushed onto ‘L’ tracks. It’s time for CTA to pilot platform barriers.
CTA workers and riders shouldn't have to worry that they might wind up being pushed onto the third rail, or in the path of an oncoming train.
April 6, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: New York City’s ‘Car-Free Earth Day’ is a Sad Joke
Once again, we learn that our elected officials can't be bothered to even do the least they could do.
April 3, 2022
TRASH CITY: Here’s Why New York is So Filthy
The city has been talking about garbage for decades, yet we still send far too much to landfills and leave far too many garbage bags on the sidewalk every afternoon.
March 23, 2022
The great motor divide: How our obsession with cars has driven us apart
Transportation by private car fails the city socially, while transit’s built-in opportunities for contact and cooperation are tools we desperately need to leverage in order to learn how to live together again.
March 22, 2022
OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
March 21, 2022
Gas giveaways harm people. We shouldn’t let rich politicians like Willy Wilson do them.
Gas giveaways don't just benefit some residents while ignoring others, they negatively impact vulnerable people by slowing down buses and creating more emissions.
March 21, 2022
Commentary: Tesla Autopilot Proves Plastic is Never Enough
It wasn't their intent, but Tesla motors clearly shows why concrete is needed to keep vulnerable road users safe
March 17, 2022
Ghost Train Podcast Explores Denver’s Troubled Rail Expansion, with Lessons for Other Locales
Ghost Train is "the story of how one polluted, traffic-choked city went all in on trains, and what happened when that plan jumped the track.
March 11, 2022
