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New York lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.

There’s safety in numbers. The flaw in Vision Zero is that it targets deaths alone, discounting close calls, instead of asking why more people don’t ride bikes. (Jalopnik) Having fallen into disuse and disrepair, some of America’s first parking garages…

The Democratic contender's climate plan calls for $300 billion in new transit funding and $600 billion for high-speed rail. But it's not great on highways.

The divisive county executive who singlehandedly held back bus funding has died.

Let's talk farm policy with Dan Imhoff! Why? Because agriculture policy plays a huge role in how city dwellers get their food — which affects a lot of other things.

With Uber and Lyft’s prices spiking as they try to wean themselves off venture capitalists’ subsidies, some former ride-hailers are turning to cheaper bikes and scooters to get around. (TIME) Indianapolis is famous for a car race, and less than 1 percent…

British traffic safety authorities are starting to figure out how dangerous SUVs are for pedestrians. Unlike the U.S., they might actually do something about it.

Uber and Lyft are distracting investors from better and cheaper ways to fix transportation. (The Week) The Federal Transit Administration has awarded $85 million in grants for low- and no-emissions buses and $33 million for ferries. (SmartCitiesWorld) Does…

An Uber whistleblower wants car companies to pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.

An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.

Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but they’re intimidated by ride-hailing apps. (New York Times) Lyft is facing another class-action labor lawsuit. (Jalopnik) The Baltimore Sun calls on President Trump to make a stronger push for the…

Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.

Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.

Construction workers are turning against Donald Trump because he’s failed to produce promised infrastructure jobs and introduced proposals that would lower wages. (Politico) A company that UPS invested in has been secretly testing self-driving delivery…

A new study looks at what kinds of bikeway designs offer the most safety benefits. Dutch-style sidewalk-level bike lanes win out.

Lack of investment by the federal government is causing America’s public transportation system to fall into disrepair. (Smart Cities Dive) Driverless cars won’t save Uber and Lyft. (MarketWatch) It seems like common sense, but new research suggests that…

Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.

Let's talk about why one of China's biggest cities has 16,000 electric buses — and New York has like four.

E-bikes are supplanting traditional bikes in cities all over the country. (U.S. News & World Report) Thanks in part to gas-powered cars, breathing city air can be as unhealthy as smoking. (Fast Company) Houston will ask voters in November to let the city…

A new pot of money would help undo the sometimes-racist legacy of urban highway construction.