Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Supercharge your community’s quick-build safety demonstration projects with Safe Streets for All

Because of a mistake by Congress in the 2021 infrastructure law, 40 percent of the new $1 billion-per-year Safe Streets for All program must...

Why we need the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act

On Thursday, January 18, 2024, Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act, which would establish a federal funding program...

You’re unsafe? Prove it.

In the United States, where and how traffic deaths occur are painfully predictable. But even with historically high levels of funding available, traffic engineering...

Beyond the pump: Evaluating fresh approaches to transportation funding

Current state gasoline taxes aren’t enough to cover our transportation funding needs. Evaluating alternatives needs to involve taking five key principles into account. Read...

Greener Fleets: How federal dollars can supply the demand for clean transit

Image source: Proterra The Low and No Emission Vehicles (Low No) program saw a big increase in funding in America’s historic infrastructure law, but an...

The bridge proposal that refuses to die

The Southern Crossing over the San Francisco Bay, proposed repeatedly over the past 77 years, has been rejected repeatedly. Even as Reconnecting Communities funds...

Once-in-a-generation opportunities in passenger rail—but the time to act is now

T4America works with partners all over the country to develop passenger rail service, and we’re telling them all the same thing: now is the...

A new program to help communities thrive

For the Biden administration to achieve its goals, all communities will need to be able to take advantage of federal funds. But some cities,...

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...

The infrastructure law wasn’t perfect, but now it’s reality

Flickr photo by Oregon Department of TransportationFocusing on whether the infrastructure law was “good” or “bad” will fail to shape how its  historic cash...

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Ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, at the end of 2025, it is essential to elevate the discussion on energy transitions and see more...

This Chinese City Is Pedaling Ahead with Better Cycling Infrastructure

Guangzhou, one of China’s largest cities and the capital of the southern province of Guangdong, is experiencing rapid growth and development as a major...

How Chennai, India is Jump-Starting its Transition to E-Buses

The city of Chennai, the capital of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, is on the brink of a clean mobility revolution for its...

ITDP’s Global Network on 40 Years of Impact

Listen to conversations with partners, supporters, and public officials as they discuss ITDP’s impacts in their regions and around the world. Learn more about...