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DONATECareers Our Principles Recent Research • View all Community Connectors Portal Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law Driving Down Emissions Highway teardowns The Congestion Con Transit Funding Threats Arts & Culture in Transportation Get Involved Sign up & Connect Join as a Member Blog Our communities are divided by design Read the report Start here: Our vision Our three simple guiding principles are concrete, measurable, and have outcomes attached. We need a new plan beyond "spend more money." Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you need to know about it? Visit our hub for the new law. Transportation made simple We make complex transportation issues more understandable through easy-to-understand reports, graphics, and interactive features, and other resources . What do we believe? Our three principles Recent Posts Catch up with our most recent blog posts Two years in, progress still needed for reconnecting communities In March 2024, the Office of the Secretary at USDOT announced awards for the Reconnecting Communities Program. This program is intended to improve access... Read More → Short-term action, long-term change”: How quick builds are bringing innovation to safe streets implementation Quick-build projects prioritize affordable, rapid, and temporary solutions to inaccessible and unsafe streetscape conditions. Through this approach to... Read More → Congressional briefing emphasizes electrification and public transit to meet climate goals 54 years since the first Earth Day, the US is still focusing on highway expansion. In light of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, due in part to... Read More → There’s a climate cost to America’s freeways, and it’s not paid equally The environmental impacts of the Interstate Highway System continue to harm communities of color through health hazards, pollution, and displacement. Read More → Powering up communities: New grant to accelerate electrification & smart growth Across the country, municipalities and transit agencies are beginning to embrace electrification in local transportation. They’re showing that the future... Read More → New survey: Accessible Streetscapes for the Disability Community A new survey created in collaboration with Smart Growth America, the International Parking and Mobility Institute, and Disability Rights Education & Defense... Read More → Featured T4America Resources Get started with our landmark reports on a range of transportation issues Electric vehicles & smart growth This page includes all of our resources on how to reduce emissions in an equitable way—and that path includes the EV transition. Read More → Gas tax alternatives: A policy evaluation framework Much of the discussion about alternatives to the gas tax in recent years has focused on the idea of fairness”—ensuring that… Read More → Divided by Design Examining how today’s transportation measures, models, and practices were shaped by the racist history of the 1950s and 60s, and… Read More → Community Connectors portal Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing… Read More → Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you… Read More → Driving Down Emissions We’ll never reduce our emissions without reducing how much we drive. Read More → VIEW MORE REPORTS AND RESOURCESTransportation for America is an advocacy organization made up of local, regional and state leaders who envision a transportation system that safely, affordably and conveniently connects people of all means and ability to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel. Latest Tweets Are you interested in transportation policy? Do you have experience working in the federal legislative process? We’… https://t.co/N293qE6lmz 2 years ago RT @StreetsblogUSA : A lot of projects — including harmful highway projects — can be dubiously justified as climate and equity investments @… 2 years ago Recent posts Two years in, progress still needed for reconnecting communities Short-term action, long-term change”: How quick builds are bringing innovation to safe streets implementation Congressional briefing emphasizes electrification and public transit to meet climate goals There’s a climate cost to America’s freeways, and it’s not paid equally Useful Links About T4America Our Platform Staff/Contact For The Media Jobs: Now Hiring © Copyright 2013-2022 Transportation For America | All Rights Reserved. Join us at TransportationCamp Headed to DC for TRB? Join us at TransportationCamp on January 7, 2023. Learn more and register here . Sign up today!...