USA

Key Design Guide to Finally Include Protected Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 21, 2018

Protected bike lanes. Protected intersections. They're all included in the draft version of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' new engineering manual.

Cincy Cuts Parking to Make Core More Walkable

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 20, 2018

The City Council gave the go-ahead yesterday for a more walkable, more affordable city center.

Podcast: Bringing Back Denver’s Union Station

By Jeff Wood | Sep 20, 2018

This week we're talking about Denver's Union Station project.

NYC

CYCLE OF RAGE: Driver Who Killed Dan Hanegby Should Be Jailed For Years, Not Days

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 21, 2018

The video of Dave Lewis killing the bike rider is chilling and should make every New Yorker livid.

Video Shows Bus Driver Killing NYC Citi Bike Rider

By Emma Whitford | Sep 20, 2018

More evidence that bus driver Dave Lewis is to blame for the crash that killed a Citi Bike rider last year.

NYPD Security Plan for UN Meeting Kills First and Second Ave. Bike Lanes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 20, 2018

This happens every year, but no one will explain why.

LA

In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 22, 2018

Leasing applications are generally treated with more care than concert tickets that go to the first ten callers that happen to be listening in. Not this time.

Metro Receives Key Federal Approval for Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3

By Joe Linton | Sep 20, 2018

The federal government finally OK-ed L.A. Metro to proceed with construction of the $1.3B Westside Purple Line extension section 3.

As L.A. Ramps Up Efforts to Get People Off the Streets, a Young Man Struggles to Stay Housed

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 8, 2018

Before the connection cuts, I hear the plea underlying the panic that pushed him to this point: "Officer, I don't have nowhere else to go."

CHICAGO

Why Social Democracies Are Great Places to Ride a Bike

By John Greenfield | Sep 18, 2018

Sensible, humane labor, housing, health, and education policies and efficient, democratic transportation systems go hand-in-hand.

CNT’s Jacky Grimshaw Discusses Her Career in Planning & Politics

By James Porter | Sep 17, 2018

Grimshaw discussed her unorthodox career path, what she learned from working for Harold Washington, why the Transit Future campaign is currently stalled, and much more.

Grief and Rage Over Traffic Violence at the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting

By John Greenfield | Sep 14, 2018

The quarterly Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting is usually a tightly scheduled show-and-tell, with staff from the Chicago Department of Transportation and other city agencies giving presentations on what they’re doing to improve cycling. But after a particularly bad week for biking in the Chicago area, last Wednesday CDOT threw out the script and opened […]

SF

Return of the Scooter

By Roger Rudick | Sep 21, 2018

A visit to Skip's warehouse, one of the two companies that will be back in S.F., Oct. 15

Another Fatal Collision, Some Progress on Making Howard Street Safer

By Roger Rudick | Sep 20, 2018

Howard Street claimed another victim late Tuesday night. Hoodline reports a 65-year-old pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Howard and 9th. Streetsblog has calls out for details and will update this post accordingly. And last Thursday a cyclist named Russell Franklin was killed at the intersection of Howard and South […]

Geary Subway? New Transbay Tube? Clean Trains? BART Candidates Discuss

By Roger Rudick | Sep 19, 2018

SF Transit Riders hears from the six candidates for BART Board District 8, San Francisco

DENVER

Streetsblog Denver Is Looking for a New Editor to Cover Urban Transportation and Lead Our Next Chapter

By David Sachs | Sep 21, 2018

My time heading this organization has been intensely rewarding, and I'll be sad to leave when I do. Stay tuned for a sappy goodbye post. For now I'd like to focus on finding the right person to write the next chapter of Streetsblog Denver.

It’s Official: In 2019, RTD Fares Could Cost You More or Less, Depending on Age and Income

By David Sachs | Sep 19, 2018

The elected RTD Board of Directors approved a new fare structure Tuesday by a vote of 10 to 5, and things will get harder before they get easier for less priveledged residents.

Solo Driving Dipped Slightly Last Year in Denver While Transit, Biking, and Walking Steadied

By David Sachs | Sep 18, 2018

The share of people who drove alone to and from work in Denver fell slightly in 2017, according to new estimates from the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey, while the percentage of people who walked, biked, and rode transit barely budged.

CALIFORNIA

Comic Book Hero Fights for Safer Streets

By Melanie Curry | Sep 21, 2018

Circulate SD's latest weapon in the battle for safe streets: comic book here Captain VZ, for “Vision Zero."

Brown Signs Scooter Bill and Other Scooter News

By Melanie Curry | Sep 20, 2018

Also: Lime appeals San Francisco pilot program decision, Bird reaches milestone--and what about those e-scooter dangers?

Legislative Update: Brown Signs Bills on Electric Vehicles, Bike Miles Driven, Street Vending

By Melanie Curry | Sep 18, 2018

California will begin regulating emissions from ride-hail companies, sometime, soonish--and give them credit for bike-miles driven. Governor Brown signed that and several other livability bills.

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 […]