Transit is Key to Solving Our National Obesity Crisis
TDM TAKEAWAY Public transportation needs to play a bigger role in connecting people to healthier, non-fattening foods found at supermarkets. A staple of every household’s week is a trip to the...
View ArticleMore Jobs Created Through Public Transportation Than Roads
TDM TAKEAWAY Transit is key to both creating jobs and increasing access to existing jobs. A large number of people across the country live in neighborhoods with very poor transit options, and many of...
View ArticleSpace Hogs Are Roadblocking the Happy City From Us
TDM TAKEAWAY Promoting design and rewarding behavior that more equitably allocates road space will make our cities greater places. Everyone hates sitting in traffic. Of course, congestion at peak...
View ArticleUber, Lyft Have Opportunity to Complement Local Transit Networks
TDM TAKEAWAY Governments need to be exploring how to integrate new ride-hailing services into their transportation networks. We hear a lot about how Uber and Lyft are impacting traditional taxis, but...
View ArticleAutonomous Vehicles Are a Traffic Solution Only Alongside Better City Planning
TDM TAKEAWAY Technologies can help with plenty of great enhancements, but they won’t fix the most disastrous mistakes we’ve made in building our cities. Autonomous vehicles – or self driving cars –...
View ArticlePlanning Tool Brings Hope for Transit Users
TDM TAKEAWAY With budget limitations greater than ever for transit planners, a new web tool could help prioritize and expedite route-design improvements. Paul Supawanich and his colleagues want to...
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