Vision Zero won’t happen without Safe Streets for All
Signs like this one, while welcome, aren’t enough to lower the ever-climbing rate of pedestrian fatalities. Fortunately, localities have other resources to make on-the-ground...
WATCH: Safety and vehicle speed are fundamentally opposed
Sometimes we have to see it to believe it. How would street design really look if we prioritized the safety of all road users?...
The infrastructure law and safety: Will it be able to move the needle?
A street in Atlanta that could easily be Anywhere, USA. T4 America photo by Stephen Lee Davis.The new infrastructure law authorizes around $650 billion...
Our solutions for congestion are worse than the problem
For decades, transportation agencies have been trying to “solve” congestion by increasing road capacity, even when doing so can obliterate or divide communities, harm...
Behind the scenes on the rise in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and injuries
Driver expectations, higher speeds resulting from less congestion, major gaps in infrastructure, and a systemic criminalization of pedestrian and cyclist traffic on the road...
Month of Action Week 2: Tackling our deadly streets
With Congress writing long-term transportation policy this month, we need to make sure that this bill doesn’t continue the broken status quo. This week,...
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A pause for TransportationCamp DC
After careful consideration, Transportation for America is announcing that we have decided to pause TransportationCamp DC this coming January. For years, we’ve enjoyed hosting...
3 Urgent Actions for Indian Cities to Reduce Vehicle Emissions
A recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology demonstrates the extreme impacts of vehicle emissions on pollution and air quality across India. Conducted...
New tool to visualize transportation CO2 emissions—and how much we have left to spend
There is a limited amount of carbon emissions the US transportation sector can emit before the most extreme effects of climate change take hold....
Perseverance pays off for Nashville
After well over a decade of effort, fast-growing Nashville finally passed a transit funding referendum, proving that patience, perseverance and learning from mistakes leads...
