For decades, transportation policies focused on the efficient movement of vehicles and goods without always considering the underlying economic, environmental, and social impacts. Just as important is the accessibility the system provides for people; whether it’s getting to a job, or school, shopping, entertainment, or recreation. At the same time, transportation remains the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions and while automobiles have become more efficient over time, these improvements are offset by an overall increase in driving, trucking, and air travel. Proposals for reducing emissions include electrification, increased investment in active and shared transportation, and improved land use.

Road to Recovery Webinar: More Than Meets the Eye: Density and Transportation During COVID-19

Jun 25, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
The impacts of density on the COVID-19 pandemic are currently the center of attention in public opinion, policy decisions, and...

Road to Recovery Webinar: Carmen Bianco

Jun 25, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
This webinar is led by Carmen Bianco, who was the CEO of New York City Transit. He will discuss his...

Road to Recovery Webinar: Behavioral Science 101: How Human Decision-Making Will Affect the Post-COVID World

Jun 24, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
Behavioral scientists have been studying how people make transportation decisions and how we can get them to make choices that...

Webinar: Empowering a Resilient Transit Workforce

Jun 19, 2020 | Madeline Gorman
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed transit professionals to establish new standards for resiliency. At the same time, leaders in transit…

Op-Ed: Transportation and the Police Part 2: The Enforcement Problem in Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Jun 19, 2020 | Romic Aevaz
June 19, 2020 - Black and brown cyclists are not immune from racial profiling and unequal traffic enforcement that has...

CDC Contract Tracing Rule Pushed to September

Jun 12, 2020 | Robert Puentes
June 12, 2020 - There are at least three key reasons why the task of collecting and maintaining critical data...

Op-Ed: Now is The Right Moment to Address Transportation-Related Air Quality Concerns

Jun 12, 2020 | Brianne Eby
June 12, 2020 - Given the potential for adverse public health and social equity outcomes, transportation’s role in contributing to...

House Hearing Looks at Coronavirus Impact on Front-Line Transportation Workers

Jun 12, 2020 | Owain James
June 11, 2020 - A June 9 House hearing listened to the perspectives of front-line transportation workers on how coronavirus...

Op-Ed: Transportation and the Police: Reconsidering Traffic Enforcement

Jun 11, 2020 | Romic Aevaz
June 12, 2020 - Given the disproportionate and often violent impact of traffic enforcement on Black and brown communities, major...

Guest Op-Ed: Post-COVID Transportation Planning Demands the Right Data, Not Guesswork

Jun 5, 2020 | Johanna Zmud
June 5, 2020 - By understanding the motivation behind people’s actions, public agencies can do a far better job of...

We Need Antiracism in Transportation

Jun 5, 2020 | Alice Grossman
June 5, 2020 -In the field of transportation, we can take individual and personal action but also have the power...

Trump Signs Order Urging Emergency Powers Be Used to Accelerate Project Delivery

Jun 5, 2020 | Jeff Davis
June 5, 2020 - President Trump signed a new executive order yesterday evening purporting to use the declared national emergency...

Speeding Up Electric Vehicle Adoption in the US

March 28, 2019 The transportation sector is the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., accounting for 28.7% of total carbon dioxide emissions in 2017. According to a 2019 report from the Environmental Protection Agency, GHG emissions from transportation…