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Cities across America will soon be able to easily map their pedestrian infrastructure using the power of artificial intelligence — and challenge them to have a long overdue conversation about why those networks have such an acceptable number of gaps. Now…

In New York, howls about added pollution from a new tolling plan are being met with a promise of action.

Cars are deadly in more ways than one. Parked vehicles are the largest source of stolen guns in the U.S., and many are later used in crimes.

The Biden administration wants to erect a multi-billion dollar network of charging hubs for electric vehicles, but advocates warn the country can’t drive its way out of the climate crisis, whether cars run on fossil fuels or electricity.

Who wants to wear headphones in their own house? Well, if you live on a busy street and are worried about your blood pressure, you might want to.

Chicago magazine's Ted McClelland ran a piece looking at the issue of business owners scapegoating bike lanes for poor sales.

Andy Byford — the beloved former head of the MTA's buses and subways division — will join Amtrak next month as an executive vice president.

We chat with David Hensher about the failures of the "Mobility as a Service" concept, which proposed to reduce emissions but uniting disparate transportation modes under a single service.

"Mississippi and Louisiana and conservative elected officials coming together and saying, ‘We don't want to miss this opportunity. This is our economic development. This is connecting my people.’ That's a story," said one supporter.

Cities are behind the curve on providing infrastructure for vehicles that fall somewhere between a bike and a car.

A popular proposal for a federal e-bike credit is back in front of Congress — and this time, supporters have hard proof of concept that it will be the emissions-slashing, congestion-cutting, mode-shifting tool that Americans deserve.

In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat…

Practically every day, there's a new headline about a new effort in a U.S. city to reform its autocentric parking policies — and practically every time Streetsblog covers it, we get an email that asks what people with disabilities will do in a world with no…

Under President Biden, the U.S. is already producing record amounts of crude oil. That's not enough for Republicans.

Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.

One Washington county’s decision to stop requiring cyclists to wear helmets by law was  associated with an increase in helmet use, a new study finds — and that finding could have a major impact for advocates of equitable cycling legislation nationwide.

Inequality is rising, and a growing number of people are stranded without cars or access to good transit.

Together, the key players in transit — riders, elected officials and decision-makers, staff and consultants, and advocates and media — have the power to rebuild a stronger transit system, one that is financially sustainable and positioned to carry the…

Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to…

Car-centric landscapes come at an enormous cost, including the deaths of children and the grief of parents.