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Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America

Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.

March 24, 2020

Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

March 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19

Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.

March 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |15 Minute Neighborhoods

COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?

COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.

March 22, 2020

Streetsblog USA |2020 Election

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.

March 17, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19

Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.

March 16, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Donald Trump

BREAKING: 10 Major Cities Unite to Urge Feds to Fund Better Urban Transit

President Trump is doing such a poor job of funding infrastructure in urban areas that 10 major cities have banded together to jointly demand immediate action.

March 13, 2020

Streetsblog USA |planning

Big Data Could Revolutionize Transportation. Is That a Good Thing?

Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight Big Brother?

March 12, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit

Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?

March 11, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Freeways

America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse

Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.

March 10, 2020

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