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The Coalition for Smarter Growth’s Smart Growth Social is coming up on October 24, 2023! This year, we’re partnering with CSG to bring you a night...
Current state gasoline taxes aren’t enough to cover our transportation funding needs. Evaluating alternatives needs to involve taking five key principles...
Electric vehicle (EV) carshare is an effective strategy in speeding the transition to zero emissions transportation, providing more affordable transportation...
Many climate advocates and pro-climate decision-makers are focused on electrification as the primary, or even only, emissions reduction solution in the...
US passenger rail was the envy of the world at the turn of the 20th century. As global temperatures rise, and with the growing need to enhance intercity...
Transportation for America—a program of Smart Growth America—is seeking a skilled and motivated individual with knowledge and interest in transportation...
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Much of the discussion about alternatives to the gas tax in recent years has focused on the idea of “fairness”—ensuring that…
Examining how today’s transportation measures, models, and practices were shaped by the racist history of the 1950s and 60s, and…
Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing…
The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you…
We'll never reduce our emissions without reducing how much we drive.
The U.S. spends billions to "relieve congestion." But building new and widening existing highways only makes traffic worse.