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Pro-tip: Invest in the solution, not in the problem

15 Mar 2022 | Posted by Abigail Araya | 0 Comments | graphic, IIJA, illustration series, infrastructure bill

Congress and states love to create small, discrete programs to solve big transportation problems. They do not like to stop the types of investments that are causing the problems, even when far more money is perpetuating the issues those new programs are meant to solve. With historic amounts of infrastructure funding headed into states’ hands even as streets are growing more dangerous and we urgently need environmental solutions, it’s time to change that strategy.

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Everyone agrees that repair is important. No one is willing to require it

8 Mar 2022 | Posted by Steve Davis | 0 Comments | fix-it-first, graphic, highways, IIJA, illustration series, Repair

Despite a fundamental lack of understanding by some members of Congress about the program they’re responsible for overseeing, the law sets states free to spend their federal transportation cash on eligible expenses, however they see fit. Our repair needs will never get addressed until we change this approach. Every time that we’ve polled voters over […]

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Our solutions for congestion are worse than the problem

31 Jan 2022 | Posted by Steve Davis | 4 Comments | congestion, economic development, illustration series, pedestrian safety, safety

For decades, transportation agencies have been trying to “solve” congestion by increasing road capacity, even when doing so can obliterate or divide communities, harm local businesses, and make streets more dangerous. Our latest cartoon shows how our “cures” for congestion are often worse than the problem.

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Step one for repairing a problem: Stop making it worse

9 Nov 2021 | Posted by Steve Davis | 0 Comments | congress, federal funding, illustration series, reauthorization, safety

An excavator digs a massive hole titled "Dangerous Roads $$$". On the other side of the hole, a man tries to fill the hole with a small pile of dirt (labeled "Safety Improvements $." The comic is labeled "U.S. Approach to Road Safety."

Swap in any pressing issue—climate change, repair, safety—and this new illustration by Jean Wei describes the approach to solving it within the much-debated infrastructure bill, which passed on its own late last Friday. You’ll be hearing a lot of unfettered praise for it today, but we’re far more circumspect.

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