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An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.

With the holiday season approaching, merchants must be able to plan, order appropriate inventory and market their goods, or they will close. We need a plan for our local economies now.

A lot of news from the nation's capital. But there's other news, too.

Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.

Talking with Stephanie Gidigbi of the Natural Resources Defense Council about how federal policy connects to transportation and race (and not in a good way!).

Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.

Transit in a death spiral? Maybe cities need to charge drivers more and transit riders less. Click here for those stories and more.

A huge swath of the workforce has been working from home since at least March--if the goal is to reduce carbon emissions, MTC staff suggest maybe that's how things should remain

As part of Climate Week 2020, California Governor Newsom today issued an executive order declaring the goal of eliminating fossil fuels from transportation, a sector that produces half of California’s toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. The order calls for…

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.

Is the commuter railroad's unique approach to dealing with COVID deniers on trains completely misguided, or so gosh darn irrational that it just might work?

Drive-thrus are terrible for pedestrians, congestion, and more – and we've found better alternatives during the pandemic.

A state lawmaker and a Democratic Socialist frame the issue perfectly: Let's help people get out of cars!

Many forms of indoor entertainment won't be safe this winter — which means it's past time to make outdoor transportation and recreation safe for all.

A Canadian province quadrupled the fine for dooring a cyclist (can we move to Canada?). Plus all the other news.

Cities across America are telling the pedestrian "beg" button to bug off, thanks to thermal imaging technology designed to detect and protect human bodies on our roadways. 

Lyft fights for transit and biking — which, sure, would benefit Lyft, but also the rest of us. Plus all the other news of the day.

And the Parks Department isn't doing anything to ensure the safety of cyclists beyond posting "signs" directing riders to busy, dangerous local roads.

Streetsblog was pushing for pop-up bus lanes months ago when traffic was much lighter and there would have been less potential political backlash to repurposing mixed-traffic lanes but, hey, better late than never.

Non-coastal states will suffer if Amtrak fails — unless Congress takes action.