OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
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Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
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Gas Giveaways Harm People, So Why Do We Let Rich Politicians Do Them?
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Gas giveaways don't just benefit some residents while ignoring others, they negatively impact vulnerable people by slowing down buses and creating more emissions.
Commentary: Tesla Autopilot Proves Plastic Bollards Are Never Enough
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It wasn't their intent, but Tesla motors clearly shows why concrete is needed to keep vulnerable road users safe
Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents “The Community” Part 1
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Jeremy Levine, an assistant professor of organizational studies and sociology at the University of Michigan, talks about his book "Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston." How do neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants claim the mantle of representing “the community”? Part 1 of 2.
The Brake: What It’s Like to Be a Woman in Transportation (And Why It Matters)
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A new zine from a top transit nonprofit explores why the needs of women need to be at the center of U.S. transit planning — and what it's like for gender-marginalized people who are working to change the status quo.
Ghost Train Podcast Explores Denver’s Troubled Rail Expansion, with Lessons for Other Locales
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Ghost Train is "the story of how one polluted, traffic-choked city went all in on trains, and what happened when that plan jumped the track.