Pro-tip: Invest in the solution, not in the problem
Congress and states love to create small, discrete programs to solve big transportation problems. They don’t like to stop the types of investments that...
VIDEO: Beth Osborne explains our broken approach to setting speed limits with WSJ
T4America director Beth Osborne joined Wall Street Journal correspondent George Downs to explain why one controversial method for setting speed limits results in higher...
The infrastructure law and boosting access to jobs and services
Image from PxfuelThe ultimate point of transportation spending should be to connect people to jobs and services. But that’s not what we primarily use...
Everyone agrees that repair is important. No one is willing to require it
Despite a fundamental lack of understanding by some members of Congress about the program they’re responsible for overseeing, the law sets states free to...
Longer trips, faster speeds, fewer options: What’s really valued in the “value of time”?
Whose time are we saving? T4America photo by Steve Davis.Despite its name, the federal “value of time” guidance doesn’t actually value travelers’ time at...
How will the infrastructure law improve active transportation and Complete Streets?
Screen grab from our recent video “Not just a way to get from A to B”, a look at Tucson, AZ’s attempts to expand...
FHWA Complete Streets report lays out an actionable path for transforming street design to...
After the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and USDOT issued a report to Congress this week about Complete Streets, Beth Osborne, Vice President of Transportation...
Our advice to USDOT and Congress: Make no little plans
Senator Capito uses visual aids to criticize the FHWA memo. Still from the hearing.A Senate committee called Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to testify about...
One year in, how is the Biden team really doing on transportation?
Official White House Photo by Adam SchultzA year in, the Biden administration helped pass historic investments in infrastructure and spoke out about safety, repair,...
What does the new infrastructure law mean for micromobility?
The expansion of grant and formula eligibility in the infrastructure law to include micromobility will give communities and states additional options for providing more...
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