Covid-19 Spurs a Road Repair Boom—and Threatens a Bust
Until a few weeks ago, the California Department of Transportation was girding itself for a summer disaster. Come July, it was planning to shut...
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs Scraps Its Ambitious Toronto Project
When Google sibling Sidewalk Labs announced in 2017 a $50 million investment into a project to redevelop a portion of Toronto’s waterfront, it seemed...
Elon Musk Says Tesla Stock Is ‘Too High’—and It Quickly Falls
He’s at it again.
Launching a Friday morning tweet-tear, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote, “Tesla stock price is too high imo .” Ask,...
Fewer Wrecks, Grounded Planes, and More Car News This Week
Even in the midst of a pandemic, never doubt the world’s ability to surprise. This week, we tracked some remarkable trends. Serious crashes are,...
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Unsafe streets in marginalized communities leads to inequitable traffic enforcement
Equitable enforcement of traffic rules is a major national discussion. But under-discussed is the role dangerously-designed streets play in putting Black and brown people...
It’s go time: Launching our Month of Action
With Congress writing long-term transportation policy this month, we need to make sure that this bill doesn’t continue the broken status quo. We need...
House-passed COVID relief bill increases emergency funding for transit construction grants
Local governments’ budgets have been decimated by the pandemic. Yet the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program—the main federal program for funding new transit construction—counts...
The CDC needs to do more to show the public that transit is safe
Public transit is one of the safest indoor spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic for a plethora of reasons. But the perception of transit’s safety...
