Politics

How to counter the victim-blaming impulse after a traffic crash

When a driver strikes someone walking or biking, the tendency to blame the victim runs deep. Ask Raquel Nelson, who lost her young son...

Official GOP transportation platform is dangerous for cities

In the past few years, Congressional Republicans tried and failed to turn the federal transportation program into a highways-only affair. Still, the GOP isn’t giving...

Report lists a short-and-sweet transportation to-do list for the next president

How can the next president improve American transportation policy? Without wading into the spectacle that is the election, Beth Osborne, a former top official at the United...

Support from mayors puts TIGER in line for slight funding boost

There’s good news out of the Senate committee responsible for doling out transportation funds. Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee okayed a small increase in TIGER...

Unholy Cow: The complete story—so far—of plans to build a methane...

In early 2015, a major development—the West Louisville FoodPort—was announced in the Russell neighborhood that promised internationally renowned architecture, a hub for local agriculture,...

While Central Appalachian coal mines shutter, Kentucky imports cheaper coal from...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan rules to require a one-third reduction in carbon...

Millennials are under-represented in legislatures, reflecting their lack of interest in...

Millennials—people born after 1980—account for 31 percent of the U.S. voting age population, but only hold 5 percent of state legislative seats, Rebecca Beitsch...

Where gubernatorial candidates Bevin and Conway stand on State Historic Preservation...

Preservation Kentucky asked gubernatorial candidates Matt Bevin and Jack Conway whether they would support the Kentucky Historic Preservation Tax Credit program or expand its impact. Voted...

Pew study: Liberals prefer living in cities, walkability while conservatives prefer...

Liberals and conservatives don't agree on much. In addition to politics, the two groups also disagree in many other areas, such as rural vs....