Freedom means actual choices: You won’t get cheaper transportation if there’s a monopoly on mobility. - Transportation For America Building on a year of efforts to deregulate fuel-efficiency standards and cancel grants to build out transportation options, the Environmental Protection Agency repealed a critical finding that helped...

We couldn't agree more.
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Freedom means actual choices: You won’t get cheaper transportation if there’s a monopoly on mobility. - Transportation For America Building on a year of efforts to deregulate fuel-efficiency standards and cancel grants to build out transportation options, the Environmental Protection Agency repealed a critical finding that helped...

Freedom means actual choices: You won’t get cheaper transportation if there’s a monopoly on mobility.

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Right! That is what I am expecting. The clutch on the Mazda GLC I learned to drive lasted as long as yours, including a cross country move. Maybe the trouble with mine is just a transmission fluid leak.

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It is really surprising how fear of liability stops transportation agencies from deviating from a dangerous standard. Time to learn about the legal tools we have to hold agencies accountable for the poor road safety outcomes they produce.

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Can you talk to my daughter about why it is great to learn to drive a standard???

Our clutch just started to stick, though the car has only 70k miles on it and no one learned to drive a stick on it. Seems way too soon to replace, considering the minimal use. Taking it to the shop tomorrow. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

I have a 14 year old Mazda 3. It is super zippy. Love it.

Know a place where Complete Streets helped local businesses thrive? Tell us about it. - Smart Growth America

Do you live in or know about a place where Complete Streets has supported a healthy, thriving community?

@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social is looking for stories for an upcoming report on the economic impacts of Complete Streets. Drop suggestions here by 03/03 ⤵️
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I love how they lean on consumer preference so much. This "preference" was curated for decades. And there are around 100 million of us that still own cars, they just aren't domestic because the big 3 gave us the finger. Now they think they can get back into that market? I wouldn't bet on it.

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100% right

This is what came to my mind when reading this article.

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1) I really appreciate someone catching the fewer v less.

2) You are so right that, as a nation, we view fatalities as a cover charge. It is obvious every time an agency points to fatalities per VMT. That is a confession.

Building Cities from Scratch

"Since 1960, there have been several dozen attempts to create new town communities, most of which have failed to attract more than a few thousand residents."

So let's try again rather than improve on existing communities.
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"A preliminary analysis of Vision Zero policies showed that the 17 early adopter cities experienced a smaller increase in fatalities per 100,000 population (+15%) than the other 83 cities (+40%) (Figure 2)."

Fewer deaths are always better than more.
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Lol, DC is offering the same opportunity!

I will look at that. Whoever says they will use new subscriptions to grab WaPo local beat reporters will get me!

I subscribe to @washingtonpost.com for many things, including local news. I have @nytimes.com for coverage of international, art, and national news. But what about local news? Will @citycastdc.bsky.social @washingtoncitypaper.com.web.brid.gy hire these reporters if we move our subscription to them?

@davidzipper.bsky.social for those of us that might actually want local news, where should we go? Who might hire these talented reporters?

What’s in the tangled FY26 transportation spending bill?  - Transportation For America With the Senate passing a new FY26 appropriations package with contentious funding for the Department of Homeland Security removed, Congress looks likely to soon pass a funding bill including fiscal y...

Congress looks likely to soon pass a funding bill including fiscal year 2026 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development appropriations after a brief partial government shutdown. Here’s what’s inside the compromise: t4america.org/2026/01/30/w...

Inside TransportationCamp DC 2026 - Transportation For America TransportationCamp DC was back and better than ever. On a rainy January Saturday, more than 400 transportation professionals, advocates, and first-time attendees proposed and led more than 50 original...

At TransportationCamp DC, over 400 transportation professionals, advocates, and first-time attendees proposed and led more than 50 sessions, shared big ideas, made new connections, and challenged one another to think differently about the future of transportation. t4america.org/2026/01/28/i...

DC’s streets are for cars…good luck, everyone else - Smart Growth America

DC’s streets are for cars…good luck, everyone else
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I know someone who has not been able to visit their newborn baby in the NICU because they are wheelchair bound and the sidewalks and crosswalks are not cleared.

A great day of diving into health and well-being, but don't miss my section in breakout 4: transportation and Housing—designing equitable communities.

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Column | Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives It turns out asking “Are you happy with your home?” yields a very different answer than “Are you happy with your life?”

Outstanding article..."What is clear is that many of us are asking the wrong questions. Rather than, 'How big a house can I afford?' (a depressing question for many), Rojas says we should ask, 'What kind of home will sustain the kind of life I want?'”
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That is interesting. I don't see many areas funding transit or rail that way. Sales tax, yes. But value capture is so rare we joke that our best practice write ups from 20 years ago are still current.