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The group's member cities have been working hard to make public space as safe as possible during the pandemic — and the organization just compiled their best strategies.

It's not too late for cities to prevent a total carmageddon as their COVID-19 lockdowns ease — and they need to think beyond simple infrastructure to get it done.

It started with the closing of bike shops. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami-Dade County’s COVID-19 shutdown deemed auto supply and repair shops essential — but forced the closure of bike shops. It set the stage for what has become an ongoing string of questionable policy decisions — decisions that, over time, have cemented an […]

Billions and billions for more new roads. And, sure, some money for transit ... but not nearly enough. Call your congressperson!

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Smart Growth America. It is republished here with permission. Many people think the only Americans regularly relying on transit to reach jobs and services live in big cities. Yet the majority of counties with high rates of zero-car households are rural. In fact, more than one million households in predominantly […]

Almost no one who contracted the novel coronavirus in China during the early days of the pandemic became infected in an outdoor setting, a new study finds — which is promising news for bikers and walkers. In a study of 1,245 cases that occurred across China from January 4 to February 11, only two cases […]

"Cash for Clunkers" was a clunker of a policy. Let's not repeat that mistake.

Three members of Congress are pushing the feds to provide financial relief to automakers during COVID-19. That didn't go so well 11 years ago.

Let's unpack last week's Uber-Lime deal. It's not as weird as it sounds.