The following article also appears at Streetsblog. The Trump administration is quickly moving to radically transform the implementation of America’s bedrock environmental rule to ignore “environmental justice” and prioritize “efficiency and certainty over any other policy objectives” — a move…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog USA. Main photo: Gage Skidmore The Trump administration has picked a “Road Rules: All Stars” alum to supervise the nation’s road network — but some transportation advocates say that his history of climate…
The following story first appeared at Streetsblog USA. Vote like your transportation future depends on it. A coalition of climate, disability and labor organizers are urging the next president to adopt a transportation agenda that helps accomplish goals from all of their…
Photo: Elvert Barnes The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” — which authors at the Heritage Foundation hopes will serve as a blueprint for a second Trump presidency — promotes an ultra-conservative federal government that would be disastrous for public transit in…
Photo: Adam Coppola | It’s raining men (dead presidents, we mean). The story first appeared in Streetsblog USA. A series of road safety projects in Seattle had no negative effect on local businesses’ bottom lines and in many cases boosted them,…
Sustainable transportation advocates know all the stats about how many people die in car crashes on global roads every year. But what about all the deaths and injuries that car culture causes — not to mention all the other ways it diminishes…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California. America experienced a modest but heartening decrease in pedestrian deaths in the first half of last year, a new analysis projects — but the death toll is still higher than before the pandemic,…
The following story first appeared at Streetsblog USA. Emissions by drivers and auto manufacturers are undermining promising gains on other fronts in America’s fight against climate change, new estimates suggest — but many policymakers are still unwilling take action to…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog USA. After years of delays, multiple price hikes, and exactly one infamous steel ball mishap, Tesla finally handed over the keys to the very first Cybertruck on Thursday. For a car that barely exists yet…
The following story was first published on Streetsblog California. Departments of transportation can and must do more to protect a particularly vulnerable group: the unhoused people who take shelter on and alongside American roads, a new federally-funded report argues. In…
