Fearing traffic congestion, pollution and water scarcity, the city of Santa Barbara, California, enforced a population cap by preventing the construction of extra housing units. However, 40 years later, the lack of housing is proving to cause these issues more than prevent them.
Read MoreFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to accelerate road projects, claiming it will make driving less miserable. However, driving in Florida isn’t miserable because of a lack of roads —it’s miserable because the road network is designed in nonsensical, dangerous ways that increase congestion and make it impossible to drive anywhere in a straight line.
Read MoreSince the 1970s, the number of cars on I-70 between Denver and its surrounding resorts have jumped more than 500 percent, resulting in gridlock every weekend during ski season. Can this be fixed?
Read MoreDOTs commonly justify highway expansion projects by claiming increased capacity will relieve traffic congestion and spur economic growth—but Toledo, OH, residents are busting these myths using ODOT’s own data.
Read MoreMassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?
Read MoreWhite Flint, MD, presents a great case study for how a community can begin shifting the conversation on its transportation infrastructure and development pattern.
Read MoreThe New Jersey Turnpike Authority plans to spend $4.7 billion updating and widening an eight-mile section of the turnpike, in the hopes of relieving congestion. Here’s why it’s not going to help.
Read MoreAmerica’s first experiment with charging a toll to enter a congested urban area is going to begin in New York City next year.
Read MorePart of why we can't agree on constructive solutions to traffic congestion is that our basic mental model of what causes traffic is wrong. But what if we made a slight update to that model?
Read MoreThese observations from a morning detour demonstrate why small neighborhood side streets are better than big, wide highways, even when it comes to moving traffic.
Read MoreIf we want safe and productive streets, we have to focus on the deadly design of our public spaces and not be distracted by the scapegoating narrative of the “reckless driver.”
Read MoreWe’ve spent trillions fighting congestion so that it’s easy to drive everywhere. But we’re fighting a losing battle, and simultaneously losing our ability to walk anywhere.
Read MoreAmericans drove less during the early months of pandemic, yet traffic fatalities increased—and have yet to go back down. And the “official” explanations for it are completely wrong.
Read MoreKentucky and Indiana wasted a billion dollars on highway capacity that people don’t use or value.
Read MoreOregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Read MoreAnd what this tells us about what the common buzzword really means.
Read MoreWe spend billions every year on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections—despite the fact that we don’t accurately project traffic.
Read MoreOur national transportation obsession has been about maximizing the amount that you can drive. We now need to focus on minimizing the amount you are forced to drive.
Read MoreWhat officials and engineers need to understand before sinking more resources into infrastructure investment.
Read MoreWhy do predictions of “Carmageddon” so often fail to materialize? Recent lane reductions on a major bridge in Portland may hold answers, if we pay attention.
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