How to engage with new elected leaders
New state and federal leaders will take office in January. Where they stand on transportation will have a significant impact on the future of...
A Gulf Coast win opens the door for national long-distance passenger rail service
On Monday, CSX, Norfolk Southern, the Alabama State Port Authority, and Amtrak filed a motion to the Surface Transportation Board stating that they’d reached an...
Fix the damn roads: Why politicians should prioritize potholes
Gretchen Whitmer first won election to Michigan’s governorship four years ago on a simple promise: she would fix the damn roads. For Whitmer, and...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part II
In part I of this blog series, we reviewed the evidence on three roadway safety strategies that rely on changing driver behavior—education, enforcement, and...
How to present at an unconference
TransportationCamp DC is coming back as a hybrid event on January 7, 2023. This “unconference” is a place where attendees get to set the...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part I
Billions of dollars in new federal highway funding are flowing into road safety programs, so we wanted to review the research on which interventions...
Now Hiring—Director of Arts & Culture
Smart Growth America is seeking a Director of Arts and Culture with experience in arts administration, program development and management, and a commitment to...
SMART grants could make transportation smarter, or not
The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) competitive grant program offers communities funds to apply new technologies to solve their transportation challenges. How smart...
Electric carshare program kills many birds with one stone
As the Biden administration invests in transportation electrification, the Twin Cities’ electric carshare program serves as a model for supporting the electric vehicle transition...
No time to lose: Federal rule ready to boost awareness of transportation emissions
Comments close tomorrow 10/13 on a greenhouse gas emissions rule that could reestablish sunlight and accountability for transportation’s impact on climate change. Here’s what’s...
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Reforming Parking Doesn’t Require Cities to Reinvent the Wheel
In the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, sustainable mobility is making strides. The city has been implementing more shared bikes, safer bike lanes, and improved...
As E-Bikes Surge, We Need to Address Both the Opportunities and Challenges
If you live in any city, you have likely noticed an upswing in people riding electric bikes, whether for delivering goods, as a shared...
Lessons learned from the missed opportunities of the Biden Administration
With the Biden presidency in the rearview mirror, we can look back at where the administration succeeded and failed and what lessons we can...
Three takeaways from T4A’s webinar on Trump’s executive orders
Yesterday, our Director Beth Osborne led a webinar that provided a high-level overview of our Reauthorization 101 resource and analysis of Trump’s recent executive...
