All the Reasons Why Cops Should Not Be Enforcing Public Health Guidelines
It's not just NYC: The U.S. has a long and disturbing history of imposing bad policies on walkers — and selectively enforcing the good ones.
May 6, 2020
These Post-Pandemic Traffic Models Are Pretty Scary
Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 24 minutes each way in New York! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.
May 5, 2020
COVID-19 Hasn’t Cratered Bus Ridership — Which Creates a Huge Post-Crisis Challenge
If people are taking buses, bus systems will need support for more rear-door boarding, protective gear for workers, cleanings, hazard pay, increased service to reduce crowding.
April 30, 2020
Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 28, 2020
Apple’s Misread of Walking Data Shows That We Really Don’t Know Much about Pedestrians
The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.
April 28, 2020
Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers
We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.
April 23, 2020
CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19
The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.
April 17, 2020
We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19
Our system of financing road repairs is broken.
April 13, 2020
Federal Corona Relief Bill Seems Generous To Transit. Don’t Be Fooled — It’s Not.
The top 10 transit systems in America asked for $25 billion They got $10.5 billion. Do the math.
April 8, 2020
In Case You Didn’t Realize, But Here’s Why Trump’s Fuel-Economy Rollback is Terrible Policy
The president's decision to relax crucial climate change and car-efficiency standards cannot be defended once all the facts are considered, as we do here.
April 2, 2020
