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The Senate doesn't want to put truckers who are *quite* this young on the road...but it's not far off. Image: Victoria Borodinova, CC

Senate Bill Would Put Teen Drivers in Big Rigs

By Kea Wilson | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments

The latest Senate transportation bill would make it legal for freight companies to hire teenagers to drive big rigs, among other dangerous new policies that advocates say have no place in federal law.

Could this be a new dawn for transit in America? Image: Eric Kilby via Wikimedia Commons

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New COVID Bill Is a Strong Start For Transit Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Congress is poised to give the transit industry its most significant lifeline yet in the pandemic, but it may still leave some cities struggling to make it for the long haul, advocates argue.

Calif. Moves to End Fracking

By Melanie Curry | Feb 17, 2021 | No Comments

It also takes up the unfinished arguments around the state about buffers around active oil wells near homes and schools

We Need Climate Leaders Who Understand Equity

By Melanie Curry | Dec 2, 2020 | No Comments

California needs bold leadership at every level and in every agency to ensure the Governor's visionary Executive Orders become reality.

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell didn't *mean* to give a thumbs-up to a Democratic infrastructure bill...but he might have inadvertently helped it out. Source: Gage Skidmore via Flickr

'Green New Deal Highway Bill' Passes But is DOA in Senate

By Kea Wilson | Jul 2, 2020 | No Comments

Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]

The prevalence of autonomous vehicles will lead to more traffic congestion in the future, a new study finds

Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl

By Aaron Short | Nov 1, 2019 | No Comments

A new study shows traffic congestion in cities will become significantly worse if autonomous vehicles proliferate.

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