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Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
"Don’t spend any more money on highways," says Mike Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and onetime Democratic presidential nominee.
December 1, 2019
Trump Guts Obama-Era Transit Funding to Build Roads
Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
November 13, 2019
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
November 7, 2019
Mobility Advocates Clash With Labor Over Transportation Money

November 6, 2019
South Carolina Revokes Licenses, Demands Payments That Hurt Poor

November 5, 2019
Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl
A new study shows traffic congestion in cities will become significantly worse if autonomous vehicles proliferate.
November 1, 2019
All Hail! Gov’t Workers Using Uber Way Too Much
Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.
October 27, 2019
Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
October 25, 2019
SF, Boston Consider Allowing People to Skip TSA Line if They Take Transit to Airport
More cities are introducing incentives for flyers to ditch cars and taxis and take public transit to their area airports. Here's a roundup.
October 21, 2019
House Transportation Comm. Chairman Rips Uber, Lyft
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio had invited representatives from Uber and Lyft to sit on a panel discussing the future of transportation network companies. On Monday, he learned ride hail officials declined to participate, so DeFazio used his opening remarks to lambast both companies for contributing to longer traffic delays and higher […]
October 21, 2019