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New from NACTO: Here’s How Your City Can Embrace Biking

Bike's are the fastest-growing mode of transportation — here's how to make the best of it.

January 9, 2025

Yonah’s List: All the Transit Expansion in the United States in 2024

A review of 2024 — plus a look at the light rail, metro, and bus rapid transit projects planned to open in 2025.

House Reps Urge Biden to Protect Active Transport, Transit Funding

Streetsblog Chicago checks in about what could done to help safeguard the future of walk/bike/transit in our region before Donald Trump takes office again.

This week's headlines

Thursday’s Headlines Spin in Circles

Despite their advantages, it takes some deft messaging to get Americans to accept roundabouts, CityLab reports.

Wednesday’s Headlines Take the Bus

A big transit roundup, the New Orleans vehicle ramming attack, and more in today's headlines.

Tuesday’s Headlines are Smiling for the Cameras

Congestion pricing is a make-or-break issue not just for traffic safety and the climate, but progressive politics as a whole, according to Henry Grabar.

Monday’s Headlines Reveal More on the New Orleans Attack

New Orleans officials were warned that someone could use a vehicle to commit a terrorist attack, but didn't use equipment that could have prevented last week's tragedy.

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New Federal Infrastructure Grants Awarded: Many in California

The USDOT will award infrastructure grants in a range of programs, and California will receive about $260 million for a mixed bag of 26 different projects.

Court Ruling Paves the Way For Mass. to Sue Towns With Exclusionary Zoning Laws

A hotly anticipated ruling from the Commonwealth’s Supreme Judicial Court affirms that the state government has a clear authority to sue cities and towns that insist on preserving segregationist zoning laws near MBTA stations, in violation of the state’s new MBTA Communities Law.

Fighting Crime Without Cops: New Report Shows Key Role of Streetscape

An ounce of preemptive streetscape improvements is worth a pound of cops.

CA Envisions a Zero-Emission, Connected Rail Network by 2050

And this time the CA State Rail Plan's vision for an electrified, connected network doesn't dismiss catenary wire out of hand.

Commentary: Why do Leaders Only React to Traffic Violence When it Comes from Terrorists?

As horrible as they were, it's important to have perspective about the attacks in Magdeburg and New Orleans.

OPINION: Vision Zero Begins with Drivers Simply Sharing the Road

No one person or mode of transportation has monopolistic rights to the road. But drivers think they do.

NYC Expands Safe E-Bike Charging Initiative Amid Battery Fire Concerns

Landlords and tenants will be allowed to apply to install e-bike battery charging cabinets on the sidewalk.

Congestion Pricing Has Begun in NYC! Here’s What it Means for The Big Apple and America

The age of congestion pricing began at 12:00:01 a.m. on Sunday. Here are the answers to all your questions.

Friday’s Headlines Want the Freedom of Options

It's true that Americans love their cars, but it's also true that they don't want to have to drive everyplace, The Guardian reports.

Friday Video: Even 1950s Disney Knew ‘Car Brain’ Was Real

75 years later, this Disney cartoon about how cars change our way of seeing the world proved shockingly prescient.

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