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Vehicle Pollution Disproportionately Affects People of Color in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that, across 12 states, non-white residents bear disproportionate pollution from cars and trucks.

Sharon Zhang

Economics

Congestion Pricing Passed in New York, but Can It Be a National Solution to Traffic?

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.

Sophie Kasakove

School buses stop to drop students at Merion Elementary School.

Environment

How Has the School Bus Evaded Revolution?

The old, yellow diesel monoliths have been largely unchanged in recent decades, despite evolutions among their public transit counterparts.

Sarah Holder

News in Brief

We Need to Start Thinking About Transportation Like We Do Food or Housing

As poverty rises in American suburbs, all those people still need to get to work in the city.

Francie Diep

News in Brief

Why Do Public Transit Systems Ignore the Poor?

Transportation planners have a tough time getting effective metrics for the social equity of their systems.

Max Ufberg

Economics

Fare Money: Trapped on the Beijing Subway Without a Ticket

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.

Kyle Chayka