October 2026
Study: It’s More Expensive Than Ever to Drive America’s Most Popular Car
Fueling up America’s most popular car now costs an extra $85 every month compared to last year — and it costs even more in car-dependent states that require more driving, a new analysis finds. Read more Every Friday’s Headline Is Sacred Motorists who choose the ever-popular Ford F-150 in transit-poor states like Alabama, Kansas, and […]
Every Friday’s Headline Is Sacred
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy may have nine kids, but the self-described “fertility president” tying transit funding to birth rates is not going to help families that fled cities for car-centric suburbs, nor will it help struggling parents who can barely afford a metro card, let alone a car. (Vox) Another of the Trump administration’s priorities […]
Talking Headways Podcast: The Passion Problem in Public Transit
This week on Talking Headways is Part 2 of our discussion with Reece Martin in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss the media picking projects apart, the gap between talent and passion in transit agencies, high speed rail and the threat of AVs to bad transit.
Progressives Don’t Necessarily Deliver on Transportation at the State Level, Either
A version of this article is the first in a short series that was originally appeared on the author’s Substack. It is republished with permission; read part one in the series here. Read more Thursday’s Headlines Are Trouble for Tesla Let’s look at some states’ transportation performance, starting with climate. Democrats support reducing climate emissions and […]
Thursday’s Headlines Are Trouble for Tesla
Tesla has stopped referring to its “Full Self-Driving” feature as “self-driving” in response to European regulators who pointed out that a human is still required to be behind the wheel and alert (Bloomberg). Back in the States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into reports of Tesla robotaxis speeding through school zones (The […]
Study: Americans Already Doubt the Myth that ‘Driving is Freedom’
An overwhelming majority of US motorists say they feel they have zero choice in how much they get behind the wheel — and most of them explicitly want to flee a system that forces them to drive almost everywhere they go, a new study finds.
Is America’s ‘First Autonomous Transit System’ Really Dead?
What was supposed to be America’s first “autonomous” transit system is on pause in the midst of a fiscal crisis at the agency that built it — offering a cautionary tale about deprioritizing a tried-and-true transit solutions in favor of untested ideas. Read more Monday’s Headlines Take Matters Into Our Own Hands The Jacksonville Transit Authority […]
Monday’s Headlines Take Matters Into Our Own Hands
In cities across the country, “friendly neighborhood vigilantes” who are tired of civic inaction are painting their own crosswalks and installing their own benches at bus stops. Some cities fight this guerrilla urbanism, while others embrace it. (Vox) Recent court filings include new evidence that ExxonMobile knew that fossil fuels cause climate change and concealed […]
Does the ‘Week Without Driving’ Give Car-Free Living A Bad Rap?
The Week Without Driving should expose not just the injustices endured by people outside cars, but the joys they experience, too.
Friday Video(s): Two Urban Cycling Trips Worth Taking
We’re all ready for the holiday weekend, so let’s take a quick jaunt up to Minneapolis, which has arguably the best cycling network in America — and some lessons to teach other communities about how to create connections for people on two wheels. Read more Talking Headways Podcast: The Long Road to Real Transit Progress […]