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How to Stop Giving Parking Developers A Free Ride
There are good reasons of efficiency and fairness for asking parking lot owners to pay more toward dealing with the costs they impose. A tax on parking could be one way to get it done.
January 17, 2021
Four Unanswered Questions about Biden’s Transportation Relief Plan
Transit advocates are applauding President-elect Biden's COVID-19 relief plan, but wonder whether it will be enough to save the green modes that millions of Americans rely on.
January 15, 2021
Friday’s Headlines 01/15/2021 and Colorado’s New Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap
Polis releases Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. MLK, Jr. Holiday Marade goes virtual. Transit money rolls into Roaring Fork Valley. More headlines.
January 15, 2021
NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike
The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year – with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.
January 14, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
January 14, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines 01/14/2021 and the “State Highway Director”
RTD GM questions Boulder train. Denver planning walk-up vaccinations. Colorado Politics "geeks out" on highways. More headlines.
January 14, 2021
Drivers Are Still Top Polluters, Even During Quarantine
Not even months of quarantine orders that confined millions of Americans to their homes were enough to unseat passenger vehicle trips as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, a new study finds.
January 14, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines 01/13/2021 and Some Mobility-Minded Meetings
A fascinating history of roundabouts. Legislators talk transportation funding. Some mobility-minded meetings. More headlines.
January 13, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines 01/12/2021 and Colorado Pedestrian Deaths Increased 89% from 2008 to 2018
Colorado pedestrian deaths increased by 89% from 2008 to 2018, and Black and Latino populations are over-represented. #coleg could let RTD lower fares. Concerns grow over transportation to get COVID-19 vaccine. More headlines.
January 12, 2021
Advocate Urges Removal of S.F.’s “Beg Buttons”
Beg buttons serve motorists at the expense of people who walk. It's time to correct this.
January 11, 2021
