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If you draw a massive venn diagram of all the characteristics we want out of our transportation system – safety, affordability, less congestion, less pollution, and more access that’s more equitable – you’ll find transit sitting right at the sweet spot in the center. This year, 2021, is the year to build a more robust and sophisticated transit system in Denver, and we may finally have the funding to do it, writes Matt Frommer, a Senior Transportation Associate with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP).

A massive shift to remote work during national COVID-19 lockdowns saved commuters as much as $22 billion in direct commuting costs — and it saved society nearly as much money in avoided car crashes and carbon outputs. But that's only the tip of the iceberg.

If city planners really do start walking or biking to work, that's better for the rest of us.

Cars are back across America — but communities with richer residents are being spared much of the pollution and traffic violence.

If employers give the workers what they want, we can end three pandemics: COVID-19, climate change, and traffic violence.

To many, “winter biking” sounds like an oxymoron. To Tenly Williams, it is pure love.

Americans don't usually make New Year's resolutions to drive their cars less, but it may be happening anyway.

Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.

Streetsblog Denver editor Andy Bosselman recently traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Check out his photos and observations related to the city's mobility options.