REPORT: Crash Death Rates in 2020 Hit Highest Level in Almost a Century
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Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the death rate was actually the highest it's been since 1924.
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Opinion: How Elected Officials Can Improve Public Transit: It Starts with Actually Riding the Bus
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While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.
Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding
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A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.
Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt
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The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.
These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip On U.S. Cities
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The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life – and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
How the Dutch Do Winter Bike Lane Maintenance
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If a snowy winter is guaranteed year after year, not budgeting for proper winter maintenance for all modes of transportation, then using winter as an excuse for not being able to implement high quality bicycle infrastructure is like refusing to buy apples and then complaining you can't make applesauce.
No One’s Talking About the Best Thing About The New USPS Mail Truck
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If it looks like a duck ... it's probably a better-designed truck!
Lime Makes Big Bet on Electric Bikeshare
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One of America's largest scooter-share companies is going back to its roots as a bike company – and taking a step into the future by going electric. Could 2021 be the year of the e-bike?
Why the New Mobility Revolution Leaves Seniors Behind
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Elders are being left out of the new mobility revolution – and will be more so by the time autonomous vehicles come around, a new study argues.
Talking Headways Podcast: Less Congestion After Ride Hailing Cessation
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What happens when disruption disrupts the disruptor? Guest Matthew Tarduno compares congestion and economic impacts of Uber and Lyft before and after the cessation of service in Austin, Texas.
Study: Low-Income Workers Relying More Heavily on Bikeshare
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Low-income and BIPOC workers are more dependent on bikeshare to get around during the pandemic than their wealthy, white counterparts, a new study finds – but the location of docking stations doesn't always prioritize their travel needs.
Commentary: I-270 Expansion Will Harm Latino Communities, Increase Air Pollution, and Accelerate Climate Change
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Allen Cowgill: Expanding I-270 will increase pollution in neighborhoods inhabited mostly by people of color and could accelerate climate change by encouraging more people to drive.