Scooters ARE Eco-Friendly… If You Actually Buy One!
When considering whether electric scooters are environmentally friendly, we must make the distinction between scooter share and scooter ownership
Category: transportation
If I Lived On A Streetcar Line, I Could Probably Rule The World
Public transit is better for our communities and our environment. But for me and other like me, it’s simply more fun.
Rochester To NYC: A Plane Vs. Train Smackdown
A side-by-side comparison between Amtrak and the airlines on a weekend trip between Rochester, New York and New York City
High Speed Rail & Upstate NY: The Key Points No One Is Talking About
High speed rail is a hot button topic yet again in Upstate New York. Here are the points most people don’t get about this divisive issue
American Roads: Where Power Always Eclipses Responsibility
As an American culture, we romanticize the speed and power of cars, trucks and SUVs while downplaying the responsibility we have when piloting these machines
Could The Earbud Be Helping Urban Revitalization?
Earbuds and smartphones may be allowing more Americans the ability to take some of their comfort with them as they move through an urban world of nuance and unpredictability.
Hey Peloton, Here’s How Real Cycling “Changes” You
Real “change” doesn’t come from a stationary bike in your living room, it’s the the whole-self transformation that occurs when you start biking for transportation
Today’s Transit: Walking The Tightrope Between Choice And Necessity
Sadly, a lack of funding too often negates our ability to serve a population that chooses transit AND one that relies on it.
Crosswalks Should Be Sacred Spaces Of Life
Crosswalks are the places where drivers should always be reminded that they are piloting heavy machinery that shares space with a living world
That Time I Cheated Death While Pushing The Crosswalk Button
When pushing a crosswalk button puts a pedestrian in danger of being hit by a speeding car, the design has failed
Layers Of Urbanity: The Visual Effect We Rarely Appreciate
The draw of cities and their visual power is in their Layers of Urbanity, a sort of “kid in a candy store” effect that inspires us to see limitless possibilities
Opinion: Driving’s Dehumanizing Effect
The average driver sees other motorists and cyclists as video-game-like obstacles that need to be overcome in order to advance in a game of speed and power
Will Our Addiction To Smart Phones Lead To Better Public Transit?
Young people love to stay connected to their digital worlds. Transit has a chance to capitalize on this fact and make our cities better in the process
Stop Talking About Registering Bikes
Bikes and cars may often share the same space… but that doesn’t make them “equal.”
Think Buses And Trains Are Empty? Start Looking At Our Rural Highways
People are quick to point to an empty bus or a half-full train as a waste of public resources… but do we pay as much attention to all those empty rural expressways?