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Our three simple guiding principles are concrete, measurable, and have outcomes attached.
We need a new plan beyond "spend more money."

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Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law

The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you need to know about it? Visit our hub for the new law.

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Transportation made simple

We make complex transportation issues more understandable through easy-to-understand reports, graphics, and interactive features, and other resources.

What do we believe? Our three principles

Recent Posts

Catch up with our most recent blog posts

  • Jobs
    Now Hiring: Policy Intern

    Transportation for America (T4A) and its parent organization (SGA) are looking to recruit an intern to support its technical assistance, research, and...

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  • An Amtrak train waits at a station
    Full speed ahead: How federal leaders can keep building on passenger rail progress

    Passenger rail efforts in the Gulf Coast demonstrated tireless commitment to federal advocacy, funding development, and ultimately service implementation...

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  • A woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing glasses and a maroon top speaks into a microphone. Behind her are wooden benches and a yellow wall
    T4A Director Beth Osborne sets the record straight on federal regulation & oversight

    In testimony to the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Beth Osborne explained how our current approach to transportation is failing average...

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  • An eastbound Green Line train pulls into a station alongside apartment buildings.
    Building housing near transit takes change at every level

    Advancing equitable transit-oriented development requires all hands at the community level, but leadership at the state and federal level can also help...

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  • A cyclist travels down a busy highway on their way to Baltimore.
    We need to expand the conversation on transportation safety

    We can’t significantly address safety concerns if we’re not looking at the most dangerous modes of transportation.

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    From excitement to reality: Implementing passenger rail on the Gulf Coast

    Federal advocacy and allies were essential to turning local momentum for passenger rail from New Orleans to Mobile—set to reopen this very year—into...

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Featured T4America Resources

Get started with our landmark reports on a range of transportation issues


  • Electric vehicles & smart growth
    Electric vehicles & smart growth

    This page includes all of our resources on how to reduce emissions in an equitable way—and that path includes the EV transition.

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  • Gas tax alternatives: A policy evaluation framework
    Gas tax alternatives: A policy evaluation framework

    Much of the discussion about alternatives to the gas tax in recent years has focused on the idea of “fairness”—ensuring that…

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  • Divided by Design
    Divided by Design

    Examining how today’s transportation measures, models, and practices were shaped by the racist history of the 1950s and 60s, and…

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  • Community Connectors portal
    Community Connectors portal

    Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing…

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  • Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law
    Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law

    The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you…

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  • Driving Down Emissions
    Driving Down Emissions

    We'll never reduce our emissions without reducing how much we drive.

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