Tell your senator, now is the time for Complete Streets!
Two new bills introduced to Congress by Senators Ed Markey and John Fetterman make Complete Streets a minimum design mandate, redefining our road design...
What do we believe? Our three principles
Recent Posts
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Supercharge your community’s quick-build safety demonstration projects with Safe Streets for All
Because of a mistake by Congress in the 2021 infrastructure law, 40 percent of the new $1 billion-per-year Safe Streets for All program must be directed...
Takeaways from the Smart Growth Electrification Roundtable
On January 23, 2024, Transportation for America, in partnership with the Bicameral Electrification Caucus, organized a roundtable discussion on Capitol...
Three years in, what can Biden still accomplish for transportation?
In November 2020, we sent the incoming Biden administration a memo outlining executive actions and long-term legislation we urged the new president to...
Better build another highway: The Legacy Parkway story
Gently curving through wetlands southeast of the Great Salt Lake, Utah’s Legacy Parkway has been characterized as an example of a state DOT making a...
Why we need the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act
Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act, which would establish a federal funding program for...
Featured T4America Resources
Get started with our landmark reports on a range of transportation issues
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.
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…
Divided by Design
Examining how today’s transportation measures, models, and practices were shaped by the racist history of the 1950s and 60s, and…
Community Connectors portal
Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing…
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…
Driving Down Emissions
We'll never reduce our emissions without reducing how much we drive.
