The Department of Transportation needs to be more aggressive in protecting consumers from price-gouging.
Transportation
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Meet the Organizations Fighting for Zero-Emissions Freight
A coalition of community-based groups has come together to demand reform of a sector that has had a disproportionately negative impact on communities of color.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Tax Breaks Cushion Tesla’s Texas Landing
The company pledges jobs, but the history of economic development incentives shows that many communities give up more than they get.
Posted inTAP
Who Was That Masked Man?
Today on TAP: It makes good sense to retain the mask mandate, but keeping it is difficult politics.
Posted inTAP
Stratospheric Airfares
Today on TAP: Rising ticket prices are another facet of inflation that has nothing to do with overheated general demand, and everything to do with industry price-gouging.
Posted inTransportation
Uber Gives Up, Moves On
Taxis and the ride-hailing company end their feud; they had no other choice.
Posted inWorking in America
Rail Workers Punished for Taking Days Off, Union Says
Unionized workers at Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway are angry about a new attendance policy that incentivizes coming to work sick or fatigued.
Posted inTransportation
If Only There Were an Infrastructure Bill to Deal With This Oil Crisis
By pouring money into fossil fuel infrastructure, the bipartisan law is already showing its tragic inadequacies.
Posted inHousing
Why Is Biden Pushing People Back to the Office?
How about converting our depopulated downtowns into affordable housing instead?
Posted inBuilding Back America
Tearing Down Highways to Revitalize Communities—and Create Jobs
New projects in Black and brown neighborhoods divided by the mid-century interstate highway push can be job creation engines.
