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Congress Threatens to Scrap Successful Bicycle Projects

July 5, 2011 | By Jay Walljasper

Bike programs make more sense than ever in a time of rising gas prices and budget woes

Gas Taxes Don't Cover the Costs of Our Roads

January 28, 2011 | By David Bollier

Cars get public subsidies the same as transit

A Goofy Way to Design Our Cities

June 30, 2009 | By Jay Walljasper

A Disney cartoon from 1950 shows how streets were transformed from a commons for everyone into the exclusive property of motorists

Is the End of Auto-cracy in Sight?

December 1, 2008 | By Jay Walljasper

Our car-dominated transportation system may soon make more room for biking, walking, transit and trains.

Common Assets on the Road to Privatization

April 25, 2008 | By Phineas Baxandall

Why some politicians are so eager to sell off the construction and maintenance of our public roads.