Public Health

Noise pollution from busy roads is nearly as harmful to our health as air pollution.

We must recognize the ad-hoc nature of the urban streetscape. Yes, our avenues can move bicycles, busses, trucks, cars and pedestrians but they can also propel our democracy.

Federal officials want to incentivize urban driving, claiming it will reduce the spread of COVID-19. Here's why they're wrong.

COVID-19 is a killer. But it has an accomplice: car culture.

A top Columbia University doctor says that now is the time to accelerate our efforts to protect ourselves and our communities through a healthy environment. It is the only way forward, and we do not have time to waste.

Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.

The city should reverse course and cancel the expansion of Interstate 5.

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 […]

It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.