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Guest Column: Europe’s Bike and Transit Systems Are a Marvel, But Only For Some
European cities have built exceptional infrastructure for the dominant culture, and that is much of what American tourists experience on their visits.
August 10, 2022
Guest Column: What if We Held Transit and Traffic to the Same Safety Standards?
Editor's note: this piece originally appeared in Greater Greater Washington and is being reprinted here with permission.
July 6, 2022
Analysis: There Are No 15-Minute Cities in a Post-Roe America
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will increase the average round-trip travel distance required to reach the closest legal abortion care provider from 50 miles to a staggering 250.
June 27, 2022
Guest Column: Another Crash Highlights State Inaction on Somerville’s ‘Corridor of Death’
Mystic Avenue is a state road under MassDOT’s jurisdiction and, together with MassDOT-controlled McGrath Highway, comprises Somerville’s “Corridor of Death.” It has been the site of three pedestrian deaths in less than two years.
December 21, 2021
Guest Column: How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane
The Mayor doesn’t control the MBTA, but she can make Boston’s transit system more equitable from day one.
November 17, 2021
Guest Column: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First
June 1, 2021
Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us
To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles.
April 23, 2021
Opinion: Safe School Transportation Has A Place in the Next Infrastructure Package
April 5, 2021
Guest Column: ‘Caught In Providence’ Reveals the Trap of Car Dependency
Owning a car is supposedly a gateway to freedom, but for Americans struggling to make ends meet, it is a black hole of endless bills and traffic tickets that can suck up to one third of their total income.
November 10, 2020
Guest Column: MBTA Cuts Would Sever Boston’s Main Artery
The MBTA is the Boston region’s lifeblood: we need to invest in it to help solve the current crisis and create a better future.
October 28, 2020
