More Highways, More Driving, More Emissions

Fact: New roads always produce new driving. Say hello to “induced demand.”

Beth Osborne: America's Roads are "Dangerous by Design"

With so much money and lip service (“Safety is our top priority”) paid to safety, why are pedestrian deaths higher than ever?

Transportation, Roads and Streets, #SlowtheCars, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 22, 2021#SlowTheCars, Transportation For America, Street Design

Taking Pedestrian Safety Into Our Own Hands

The feds don’t have serious solutions to the problem of pedestrian safety. It’s up to us to take action right where we are.

Top Story, Walkability, #SlowtheCarsJohn PattisonOctober 20, 2020pedestrian safety, #SlowTheCars, NHTSA, Transportation For America, Joe Cortright

The Congestion Con: How Bad Land Use and Transportation Decisions Go Hand-in-Hand

The way we design our cities guarantees a flood of congestion. And then we pour billions of dollars into highway expansion, only to worsen the problem we created in the first place.

Transportation, Top StoryStephen Lee DavisMarch 6, 2020congestion, traffic congestion, freeway widening, T4A, Transportation For America, Smart Growth America, infrastructure spending, traffic engineering

Best of 2019: #NoNewRoads Gains Traction in D.C.

Until America gets its infrastructure priorities straight, the last thing we need is to pump more spending into a broken system. 2019 felt like a breakthrough year for our call for #NoNewRoads, one in which we had more influential allies and receptive ears on this point than ever before.

Best of Blog, #InfrastructureCrisis, #NoNewRoads, The Infrastructure Cult, Transportation, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 17, 2019Best of 2019, transportation spending, Infrastructure, infrastructure cult, Transportation For America, Smart Growth America, #NoNewRoads

Slip Lanes Would Never Exist if We Prioritized Safety Over Speed

Slip lanes are the quintessential embodiment of what happens when speed is the #1 priority and safety becomes secondary. They are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. Yet states and communities keep building them. Why?

#SlowtheCars, Urban Design, WalkabilityStephen Lee DavisNovember 5, 2019pedestrian safety, Smart Growth America, Transportation For America, speed, Safety, Street Design, walkability

Transportation for America Won't Be Fooled Again

Transportation for America has boldly laid out three key principles they say should govern federal transportation policy. That’s a great start. But here’s a fourth.

City Observatory, Top StoryJoe CortrightOctober 10, 2019Transportation For America, transportation, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance

Listen Up, Washington: No New Roads

The advocacy group Transportation for America makes a bold move on transportation funding. We applaud them for it.

#NoNewRoads, Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnOctober 7, 2019Transportation For America, Washington DC, Strong Towns Book, transportation spending

America's Infrastructure Priorities Need Repair

States have been neglecting basic road repairs in favor of costly road expansion. Yet the problem is still misleadingly framed by some as primarily about not having enough money.

#InfrastructureCrisis, #DotheMath, The Infrastructure Cult, Top StoryStephen Lee DavisMay 14, 2019Infrastructure Week, Smart Growth America, federal transportation bill, Transportation For America, highway spending

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