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ALERT: GOP Moves to ‘Permanently’ Cut Reconnecting Communities Funding
The House Transportation Committee wants to slash funding for one of America's most critical equity-focused grant programs — unless advocates speak out and get them to reverse course.
April 30, 2025
President Sprawl? What’s With Pols Talking About Developing Federal Land?
The federal government's job should be "to make sure that all people have the choice of living in the community that they choose and that they’re able to afford to live there,” said one activist.
October 23, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Let’s Go to the Mall With Alexandra Lange!
This week: architecture journalist Alexandra Lange talks about her book, "Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall," plus the evolution of the enclosed shopping center, equity, legal implications, and of course, zombies. It's a one-of-a-kind episode!
August 7, 2022
DR: STRANGECAR: Or How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Hate E-Cars
June 23, 2022
Biden is All In on EVs — But Will that Just Create a New Generation of Car Dependence?
In doing so, the White House ensured that car culture will continue to help set the agenda on transportation policy after more than 70 years of misguided, deadly mistakes.
February 14, 2022
Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals
A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
May 27, 2021
What’s Driving Hospital Sprawl?
The trend toward private rooms has hospitals heading for the cornfields.
January 11, 2018
How Houston’s Sprawl Makes It Harder to Cope With Storms Like Harvey
While any city would be overwhelmed by so much rain in so little time, land use in the Houston region has made a difficult situation worse.
August 28, 2017
Amazon Could Kill Car-Dependent Big Box Retail. Will It Also Kill Main Street?
Amazon is chipping away at the dominance of big box stores, which might warm the hearts of people who watched Walmart and other retailers ruthless suck the life out of walkable downtowns for years on end. But is it really a good thing?
April 26, 2017
Why the Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction Has Got to Go
The mortgage interest deduction costs the federal government more than all rental subsidies combined. All that money promotes sprawl by encouraging people to buy more house, while transferring wealth to the upper tiers of the income ladder.
April 17, 2017
