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Less driving is possible
An extended bus drives on an empty freeway near a bay on a sunny day.

Biking, walking & transit

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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A Cleaner Way to Travel: The Rising Popularity of E-Bikes

Biking, walking & transit

A Cleaner Way to Travel: The Rising Popularity of E-Bikes

As people look for alternatives to dirty transportation and new ways to get outside, many have turned to electric-powered-bicycles. Across the country, programs allowing e-bikes to be more readily accessible have shown promise in making the goal of free and clean transport a reality.

Frontier Group at 25: Transportation for a new generation

Biking, walking & transit

Frontier Group at 25: Transportation for a new generation

Acknowledging that vehicle travel is not destined to continue growing rapidly forever – and, more audaciously, suggesting that a new generation of Americans might prefer less car-dominated lives – can drive policymakers and the public to have a different kind of conversation about our transportation future. 

The opposite of just: Subsidized driving and the burden of climate change

Highways & infrastructure

The opposite of just: Subsidized driving and the burden of climate change

How, in the middle of a climate crisis, does it make sense to make driving artificially cheap by refusing to charge drivers the full cost it imposes on society? And how can subsidizing driving be considered “just” when it threatens the futures not only of people with far fewer resources around the world, but also future generations, who don’t have a say in the matter at all?

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Tony
Dutzik

Tony
Dutzik

Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group