Democracy in Motion
The constitution grants congress the power to establish post roads and regulate interstate commerce. For 250 years, political decisions rooted in these powers have shaped how we travel from place to place and even who can travel from place to place. For some, transportation is a mundane issue: the vehicles and routes that are needed to get where they need to go are available and convenient, even if they might not work perfectly sometimes. For others, getting around can be difficult and exhausting, or even impossible. Some find joy in getting around and others face barriers. How does transportation reflect our democratic values? Does how we get around foster democracy? If not, could it be made so?
Wild Transit
Meg Wade writes about how transit makes outdoor adventures possible.
Uncanny Cars
Meg Wade on seeing beyond the windshield in rural Oregon
Vanishing Lifelines
Meg Wade writes about how Oregonians rely on transit to stay connected to community.