The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet
A racial justice-focused community organizing group led the charge for Albuquerque’s free bus fare policy.
Our Rich: Fooling Themselves and Fouling Our Planet
Electric air taxis aren’t going to save the world. Really taxing the rich, on the other hand, could.
How Did Flying Cars Become the Next Big Thing?
Another reminder that plutocracies can indeed solve problems — for plutocrats.
Fund Public Transit, Not More Roads
We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.
A Handout for Uber and Lyft Is No Replacement for Public Transit
Transportation network services have resisted regulations on workers’ rights, traffic safety, and the environment. The public shouldn’t subsidize them.
Transit Equity Day 2019
A collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.
Transit Equity Day
A collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.
Luxury Jets Are Getting Cheaper. That Means More Air Pollution and Traffic Jams For the Rest of Us.
The deals on luxury private jets have never been sweeter. The reality of what that means for the rest of us could hardly be more bitter.
A Driving Force
Electric vehicles are on the verge of disrupting energy markets.
Going off the Rails
There’s no safe way to haul oil by the trainload.
Future of U.S. Rail
IPS’ New Economy Working Group co-sponsor a technical symposium on electrification, transmission, track speeds, financing and their prospects for movement building and infrastructure for the future of transport.
Lessons From the 60s: Traveling Hopefully
The series to promote intergenerational discussion will address what it take to save a neighborhood these days.
Brazilians’ Demands: From Lower Bus Fares to a Fair Society
With a million people demonstrating in the streets of Brazil, everyone’s scrambling to understand how a 20-cent bus fare hike turned into a social revolt.
The Airline Industry’s Fee-for-All
Nearly every airline these days is addicted to fees.
Sorry, You Can’t Get There From Here
The United States has invested big time in roads, but not rails.