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Why is the road clear of snow, but not the sidewalk?

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Director, 21st Century Transportation Campaign

What do our snow plowing policies, which lead to roads being cleared faster and better than sidewalks, say about our transportation policies?

Transportation

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CFPB's Kraninger Provides Opaque Statement To Committee; Questions and Second Panel Will Be Critical

Thursday, March 7, 2019

By | Ed Mierzwinski

Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

Today, new CFPB director Kathy Kraninger testifies to Congress for the first time. The House Financial Services Committee will need to drill down with tough questions. Why? Kraninger's written pre-filed statement reads like an answer to a warped question from old television's Sergeant Joe Friday: "Just the irrelevant, off-point facts, ma'am." The committee should also look to the cogent testimony of consumer, civil rights, military family and student advocates also appearing today.

Financial Reform

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A Step in the Wrong Direction: Pedestrian Deaths Hit Highest Total Since 1990

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

According to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), pedestrian deaths in the U.S. increased by 35 percent between 2008 and 2017. In this submission from our friends at Frontier Group, Trevor Stankiewicz writes about the time he was hit by a car and how we can redesign our transportation system to build safer communties.

Transportation

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Right to Repair: here, there and everywhere

Monday, March 4, 2019

By | Nathan Proctor

Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

Right to Repair — the campaign that aims to help us fix our devices and repair our broken relationship with electronics — got started as a state legislative effort. Today, it has its sights set much higher than that.