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The Other Type of Car Pollution That Harms Us All

September 14, 2020
Commentary: Feel the Love This Winter Bike to Work Day
To many, “winter biking” sounds like an oxymoron. To Tenly Williams, it is pure love.
February 3, 2020
There is Still Structural Racism in Transportation: Report
Cities must include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism in our car-dependent society that has long favored suburban commuters in single-family homes over poorer communities riven by highways and pollution, a new report argues. Smart Growth America’s report, “The State of Transportation and […]
December 18, 2019
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
Tennessee Senator Slammed Transit, Reverses Herself
Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn can’t make up her mind whether she loves public transit or considers it an unreliable mode of transportation primarily used by “socialists.”
November 11, 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
Meet the New Congressional Caucus for Transportation
A small group, for now, but eager to debate ways to better fund transit.
October 17, 2019
Less Driving And More Electrics Will Reduce Emissions
People need to live and work radically differently if the United States can even hope to get halfway towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, but a new paper released last month says the most important change would come in how we get around.
October 14, 2019
Report: Drivers Inhale More Pollution than Cyclists

October 8, 2019
Five Ways Trump Is Wrong On California Emissions
The Trump administration revoked a waiver allowing California to set higher automobile emissions standards than the federal government. It's a bad idea.
September 17, 2019