Less driving is possible
Residents of several states and cities have driven fewer miles on average in recent years than they did two decades ago. This decline suggests that Americans’ high levels of driving are not inevitable.
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In 2021, nearly 7,500 pedestrians died in traffic crashes -- the most in 40 years.
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No car, no problem: Amtrak expansion to unlock new travel options in the Midwest
With growing demand for clean, sustainable, affordable transportation (and growing frustration with flying), expanded rail transportation can’t come soon enough.
Wider highways don’t solve congestion. So why are we still knocking down homes to build them?
Highway expansion projects certainly qualify as projects for public use. But do they deliver a public benefit that justifies taking private property?
Four ways to look at a project (or policy, or almost anything)
Incremental change can be a gateway to something bigger, or a dead end. Asking four key questions can help determine which is which.
Electric buses may be coming to a city near you
With air pollution plaguing much of America this summer, communities are embracing clean buses
America needs a “roads review”
Wales took a hard look at its highway program and made an abrupt U-turn. The U.S. should follow.
Experts
Dutzik
Tony
Dutzik
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Horrox
James
Horrox
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group