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Buses are the workhorses of U.S. transit, but they get no respect. City Lab interviews author Steven Higashide about how bus riders are marginalized and deserve to be a higher priority. The Covering Climate Now initiative brought together hundreds of news…

Transit can raise ridership and improve service while avoiding regressive fare hikes, experts say.

Driving is the largest source of greenhouse gas, and this New York Times interactive map lets you see how much carbon dioxide is coming from your metro area and how much it’s gone up or down. Emissions are growing fastest in cities and suburbs — even ones…

DOT's chief accessibility specialist on the challenges and successes of inclusion.

Let's hear how Sound Transit does it.

Um, ya think? Congestion pricing could help Americans break their addiction to cars and raise funds for public transit. (Sierra Magazine) A Vice podcast delves into Uber and Lyft’s financial losses and safety scandals since the companies went public earlier…

Bike advocates often wonder why America can’t be more like the Amsterdam, and opponents often counter that Amsterdam isn’t (insert your city here). A second look at history shows that the anti-car movement in the U.S. was stronger than previously thought,…

“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.

Even with all the policies on cleaner fuels, increases in driving are increasing emissions

"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."

Poetic justice: People who drive end up being exposed to more pollution from their cars than people who ride bikes or walk, a new report found.

Politico unearthed more evidence that Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao meets far more often with people from her home state of Kentucky than other states — often at the urging of staffers working for her husband, Kentucky Senator and Senate Majority…

Transportation for America wants Congress to reallocate the $40 billion it pours into new highway projects that only to make Americans more dependent on cars.

The pro-car group says so-called "pedestrian detection systems" don't work in cars going more than 30 miles per hour or when driving at night.

Welcome to a new Monday feature: “A Round and a Roundy,” with editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy.

Drivers are killing more pedestrians than ever, and The Guardian wonders if self-driving cars could be a solution. The answer, according to a New York Times columnist, is not smarter cars, but fewer cars. After years of decline, transit ridership ticked up…

To paraphrase former Gov. Tom Kean: New Jersey and TOD — perfect together.

Black and gay passengers, and even people perceived to be LGBTQ supporters, are more likely to have their taxi driver cancel on them, according to a new study. (NBC News) Public pensions are investing in Uber, which means taxpayers might wind up bailing out…

The Eno Center argues that the federal government should value safety and the environment when doling out billions in highway funds to states.

The author of "Effective Cycling" and founder of the vehicular cycling movement still insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that bikeways makes cyclists less safe.