USA

Bus Routes Helping Bridge Milwaukee’s Notorious Racial-Economic Divide

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 16, 2018

New research shows two reverse-commute bus routes are providing a vital link for low-income neighborhoods. But the state may stop funding them.

Jeff Speck: For a Walkable City, Remove Centerlines on Local Streets

By Jeff Speck | Oct 15, 2018

In an excerpt from his new book, Walkable City Rules, Jeff Speck says centerline stripes don't belong on residential streets.

Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 12, 2018

Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.

NYC

Lyft Says Cars Are the Cozy Way Around Town

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2018

That's a disappointing message to get when the city (and Streetsblog!) is trying to reduce driving.

As Other Cities Lead on Street Safety, de Blasio Hits the Snooze Button

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2018

Madrid, like London before it, leads the way.

What Does It Mean for Bike Advocacy When Big Business Hires the Advocates?

By David Meyer | Oct 16, 2018

It's either game-changing...or greenwashing.

LA

New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment

By Joe Linton | Oct 9, 2018

StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future

L.A. Advocates Protest Lack of Progress on Street Safety

By Joe Linton | Oct 2, 2018

Mayor Garcetti touted L.A.'s "transportation renaissance" while demonstrators criticized the Mayor's lack of progress on Vision Zero

Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 26, 2018

“Finally, we get a brief and somewhat dark look at how Super Kind handles peddlers hawking their wares (in this case a knockoff of her own shtick), called ‘Supernice and Rude Boi.’” So reads the AdWeek post celebrating Metro Los Angeles’ release of three new Public Service Announcements aimed at teaching transit etiquette. In the […]

CHICAGO

Eyes on the Street: The Roscoe and School/Aldine Greenways Are Ready to Ride

By John Greenfield | Oct 9, 2018

The new greenways feature an unusual raised bike lane section, pedestrian improvements, and some walk signals that are accessible to people with visual impairments.

Drivers Struck 296 People in Reilly’s Ward in the Last Year, No Reported Riverwalk Crashes

By John Greenfield | Oct 3, 2018

The car-pedestrian crashes included 48 cases with incapacitating injuries, but there have been no media reports of serious bike/ped crashes in the ward. So why is Alderman Reilly focused on banning bikes on the riverwalk?

4 Days After Cyclist Killed at Devon/McCormick, Pedestrian Critically Injured on Same Block

By John Greenfield | Oct 1, 2018

When urban streets are designed to facilitate driving at unsafe speeds, deadly and life-changing crashes are a predictable outcome.

SF

Sunday Streets Excelsior

By Roger Rudick | Oct 15, 2018

Scooters, e-bikes, art, trees and more at the last Sunday Streets of 2018

S.F. Ranked Near Top for Cycling, Mayor Pushes SoMa Safety, More e-Bikes and Scooters

By Roger Rudick | Oct 12, 2018

A few short round-up stories on bicycling, scooters and road safety to start out your weekend. San Francisco is Second Best for Bicycling Nobody would ever accuse Streetsblog of holding back on criticisms of San Francisco’s bicycling infrastructure. That said, it’s nice to remember that if you like to get around by pedaling, it’s hard […]

Editorial: Turn Treasure Island Pass into Bay Area Fare Zone 1

By Roger Rudick | Oct 11, 2018

The TI Pass could be the start of a modern fare zone system for the region... if executives and bureaucrats seize the opportunity

DENVER

David Sachs Made Streetsblog Denver a Success

By David Sachs | Oct 5, 2018

Today is my last day at Streetsblog Denver.

CDOT Aims to Widen I-25 in Denver Soon, with Long-Term Sights Set on More Highway Changes Through Urban Core

By David Sachs | Oct 4, 2018

The Colorado Department of Transportation turns its attention to Denver's other interstate now that a wider I-70 through minority neighborhoods is en route.

Motorists Killed Three People Walking in Denver

By David Sachs | Oct 2, 2018

Drivers ended the lives of three people walking in Denver between September 24 and October 1, making it the deadliest eight-day span for pedestrians all year.

CALIFORNIA

Five California Cities Are Ranked in Top 50 U.S. Bicycling Cities

By Melanie Curry | Oct 12, 2018

Los Angeles is notably absent

San Diego Transit Board Approves New Housing Policy for its Parking Lots

By Melanie Curry | Oct 11, 2018

The Board will encourage its underutilized parking lots to be developed for affordable housing, accepting recommendations from a recent report by CirculateSD

California Needs More Bike Ticket Diversion Programs

By Melanie Curry | Oct 10, 2018

Mr. L's story shows how ineffective and harmful just handing out tickets to bike riders can be

SOUTHEAST

How I Respond to “Atlanta Is a Car Town, Not a Cycling and Transit Town”

By ATL Urbanist | Jan 2, 2018

A commenter on a recent post of mine mentioned a couple of pretty common criticisms about expectations for growth in cycling and transit in Atlanta.

What Makes a Good City? You Need the Right Codes

By David Walters | Dec 1, 2017

How can we stop design and planning mistakes from damaging our city? Part 2 in a series of illustrated essays on urban design.

Suburban Exclusion of MARTA and Access to the Braves Stadium

By ATL Urbanist | Nov 13, 2017

There is a way to get to the Braves stadium by using Cobb County’s transit service. But that service is nowhere near as extensive as MARTA and doesn’t meet the needs of the people who live in suburban poverty.

OHIO

What’s Really Behind GCRTA’s Falling Ridership Levels?

By Tim Kovach | Dec 20, 2017

The past year has been eventful, to say least, for public transit in Northeast Ohio.

Driving Is the Problem, Not the Solution

By Tim Kovach | Dec 15, 2017

We’re officially in the middle of the holiday season, which can only mean one thing – that’s right, the 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2016 came out last week.

COTA to Interview Four Candidates for CEO Post

By Brent Warren | Dec 13, 2017

Four candidates will be interviewed to be the next CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority.

STL

Why You Should Go to the Chouteau Greenway Events this Week

By William Smith | Jan 3, 2018

If you haven’t yet heard of Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) or specifically the Chouteau Greenway, you’re missing out on one of the most exciting developments planned in St. Louis.

Take Parking Away From Treasurer’s Office

By Steve Patterson | Jan 3, 2018

Former St. Louis treasurer Larry Williams reminds me of a small town version of New York's Robert Moses (1888-1981), using the state legislature to give him money and power while also remaining free of oversight.

How Much Do People in Missouri Bicycle?

By Brent Hugh | Dec 6, 2017

How much do people in Missouri bicycle? Is the amount of bicycling in Missouri growing? How to Missouri communities compare with other U.S. cities and with major cities of the world?

TEXAS

The One Little Rule That Decides Where Austin’s Towers Build Parking

By Dan Keshet | Jan 2, 2018

Not every tower in downtown Austin looks exactly the same, but there is one defining characteristic that describes almost all of them: parking. Most towers rest on top of what they call in the industry a parking plinth, the tower base where folks store their cars.

Remembering Pedestrian Pete

By Leah Binkovitz | Dec 13, 2017

Irascible, ornery, unconventional, Pedestrian Pete pushed Houston to be better and embrace walkable urbanism.

Harvey to Be a Turning Point for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development in Houston

By Raj Mankad | Dec 7, 2017

Rendering of New Hope Housing project on Harrisburg. Courtesy: GSMA.The urban ambitions of our government leaders — so easy to dismiss in the past as nice words with no budget — may get a serious infusion of funds because of Harvey. The Texas delegation that Governor Abbott took to Washington D.C. lobbied for $61 billion beyond what the state already expects to receive from […]