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Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
February 24, 2020
Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road
A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.
February 21, 2020
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
November 19, 2019
New Tool Makes it Easy to Estimate Added Travel from New Highway Lanes–in California
Research on California highways shows that adding highway lanes induces more travel; this tool shows how much, on which roads, where.
March 26, 2019
How Two Cities Actually Reduced Driving
The number of driving miles declined in both cities even as population (and Uber!) has grown quickly.
February 8, 2019
All the Bad Things About Uber and Lyft In One Simple List
More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It's long.)
February 4, 2019
We Can’t Stop Global Warming Without Reducing Driving
Electric vehicles aren't going to cut it, emissions-wise. We need to do more.
December 18, 2018
Urban Myth Busting: Congestion, Idling, and Carbon Emissions
Increasing road capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will backfire.
July 6, 2017
Oregon’s Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fees: Ready for Prime Time, But Waiting for Approval
Oregon has led the way in developing an alternative to the gas tax, with a pilot program that levies a fee on vehicle miles traveled. While the Oregon Department of Transportation has spent years developing the mileage-based program and is ready to expand it to all vehicles statewide, it's not part of the massive transportation spending package under discussion at the legislature.
June 26, 2017
What Explains the Decline in Driving Among Young People?
New research from UCLA concludes that while attitudes toward driving may be shifting, economic factors explain most of the recent decline in driving among younger Americans.
March 29, 2017
