A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that, across 12 states, non-white residents bear disproportionate pollution from cars and trucks.
The failure of the subway system provided political will for the policy, but it might be harder to rally support for congestion pricing in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston.
The old, yellow diesel monoliths have been largely unchanged in recent decades, despite evolutions among their public transit counterparts.
As poverty rises in American suburbs, all those people still need to get to work in the city.
Transportation planners have a tough time getting effective metrics for the social equity of their systems.
Public transportation passes are one of the most common forms of non-bank money that we interact with on a daily basis, but it’s easy—perhaps too easy—not to think of them as such, until something goes wrong.
A pioneer large-scale study suggests the common strategy to get people riding public transportation does, in fact, work.
Finally, some research that may have positive public health implications for minorities! (Or at least recent immigrants.)