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April 16, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Anything Elon Musk Can Do a Bus Can Do Better
Tesla’s layoffs have thrown a wrench in the green car narrative. Let’s fund public transit instead.
July 10, 2023
Emma Foehringer Merchant
How the E.V. Revolution Could Help Bankrupt Public Transit
Mass transit is essential to reaching America’s climate goals—but moving away from gas-powered cars risks depriving it of crucial funding.
November 29, 2021
Kendra Hurley
Why Are Cities Hostile to Strollers?
Navigating U.S. cities with small humans in tow can be a nightmare. The Build Back Better and infrastructure bills offer some funding to change that.
November 3, 2021
Miles Howard
Can Michelle Wu Save Boston?
As a city of high inequality faces rising tides, the newly elected mayor charts a path to solving both problems simultaneously.
February 4, 2021
Mike Pearl
Could “Amtrak Joe” Revolutionize Public Transport?
If Joe Biden wants to expand the railway, he’ll have to learn from historical failures.
March 15, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The D.C. Metro is shutting down for a day, as it should.
February 9, 2015
Sam Eifling
New York's Subways are a Bacterial Zoo? Tell Us Something We Don't Already Know.
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