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Lieutenant Jessica Horta-Perez
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Capital Metro is a great option for college students to get to class and make their way around...
1 million rides and counting: on-demand services bring public transport to the suburbs
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The technology-driven revolution in urban transport is largely centred on the inner city. It has completely missed the suburbs, which lack the...
The New Age of Freeway Revolts
When it comes to the 180,100 lane-miles of paved interstate that ribbon Texas, bigger has always meant better. The North Houston Highway Improvement Project...
What Happened After Market Street Went Car-Free
Less than two months after San Francisco’s Market Street went mostly car-free, the central downtown artery is palpably calmer. While freight deliveries, fire trucks,...
Is Vienna Really All That Livable? Depends on Where You Look.
Last year, Vienna took first place in The Economist’s Global Liveability Index. This was familiar turf for the Austrian capital, which has been trading...
It’s Time for Some Cheap and Boring Transportation Solutions
There’s a tension in transportation news. On one hand, cities are eager to nudge residents away from automobiles and toward modes that pose less...
Ride-Hailing Isn’t Really Green
Uber and Lyft have consumed a vast amount of attention since they arrived a decade ago. But in many ways, we’re just beginning to...
Changing Tides Engulf the South Street Seaport
New York was born a maritime city. In Moby-Dick, Herman Melville described the pull of the sea on his fellow New Yorkers: “osted like...
This City Was Sick of Tech Disruptors. So It Decided to Become One.
In spring 2018, Seleta Reynolds, the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, issued a grave warning about the new generation of...
How to Win the Fight for Fair and Equitable Transit
Start by dismantling the systemic barriers that disproportionately penalize low-income bus riders.
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54 years since the first Earth Day, the US is still focusing on highway expansion. In light of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, due...
There’s a climate cost to America’s freeways, and it’s not paid equally.
The environmental impacts of the Interstate Highway System continue to harm communities of color through health hazards, pollution, and displacement.
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The sprawling roadway network...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
How Indonesian Cities Are Prioritizing Inclusive Public Transport
The lack of holistic data on how marginalized and differently-abled groups move in major cities is often a barrier to developing more inclusive urban...
