USA

Talking Headways Podcast: The Rules Require Death

By Jeff Wood | Sep 16, 2021

We design roadways to be easy for drivers, but all that does is encourage speeding and distracted driving.

How to Win Over Opponents of Street Safety

By David Shorr | Sep 16, 2021

Road diet debates often run so hot because they’re proxies for local community attitudes about broader forces of societal change. Here are some lessons on how to change those attitudes.

OP-ED: Western State Transpo Officials Ignore Road Safety

By Taylor Anderson | Sep 15, 2021

A conference takes place on a dangerous road — but street safety is not on the agenda.

NYC

SEE IT! Montreal Offers Lessons for Safer Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 16, 2021

No wonder they call it the Great White North.

Around and a Roundy: Listen to these Tickets!

By Streetsblog | Sep 14, 2021

No one can understand how a driver with 91 speed-camera and red-light tickets, plus multiple license suspensions, was still on the road to hit and kill a 3-month-old baby girl in Brooklyn. Here's one reason.

Report: New York’s Essential Delivery Workers are Underpaid, Underappreciated, Victimized

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 14, 2021

Low pay. Grueling hours. Long work weeks. Theft. Crashes. Discomfort. Disrespect. This is the life of the New York City delivery worker.

LA

Anatomy of an Officer-Involved Explosion: a Post-Mortem on LAPD’s E. 27th Street Fireworks Blast

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 11, 2021

A year ago, a councilmember co-authored a motion to shift $150mil from LAPD's budget. A month ago, LAPD called everyone but his office to watch them detonate fireworks in his district. The explosion rocked the city.

About that Bus Shelter Tweet: Street Services’ Demo Draws Attention to Sorry State of L.A. Bus Stops

By Damien Newton | Jul 23, 2021

Earlier today, a tweet from Metro in support of the Bureau of Street Services’ pop-ups on potential bus shelter designs featuring the above image quickly drew a lot of, er, shade. What about when more than two people are waiting for the bus? https://t.co/nwzwnm9zCM — TransitCenter (@TransitCenter) July 22, 2021 People across the twittersphere dunked […]

Autistic Man Shot Within 83 Seconds of First Contact by LASD: Why Is this Still Happening?

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 8, 2021

Eighty-three seconds. That’s how much time passed between the moment deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) first stood at the door of the Cudahy home of Isaias Cervantes, a 25-year-old autistic man who is hard of hearing and suffering from depression and anxiety, and the firing of the shot that may have […]

CHICAGO

Deep discounts on CTA fare passes have helped fuel pandemic ridership recovery

By John Greenfield | Sep 16, 2021

The agency is crediting the sale with spurring a nearly 70 percent increase in average ridership among pass users.

Driver killed cyclist Jason Hardt, 48, on road where protected bike lanes were removed

By John Greenfield | Sep 15, 2021

When safe bike infrastructure is downgraded or delayed, it can have deadly consequences.

The solar-powered e-bike project SunPedal Ride makes a pit stop in Chicago

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 15, 2021

Sushil Reddy, the brains behind the SunPedal Ride, talks about why he's crossing the country on two wheels, with a solar assist.

SF

Bike East Bay Pleads with Fremont on Safety

By Roger Rudick | Sep 15, 2021

This East Bay city used Dutch designs on Walnut--but is relapsing to the ol' disregard for safety on Paseo Padre

Follow up Q&A: A Life Taken by Hayward’s Unsafe Designs

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2021

The brother of a cyclist killed in Hayward last June speaks out about decisions that lead to his brother's death--and the pain of seeing deadly designs go unchanged

What Happened to “Transit First?”

By Roger Rudick | Aug 31, 2021

The city’s allocation of street space is anything but “transit-first”

DENVER

We Can’t Ignore the Needs of Non-Drivers With Disabilities

By Kea Wilson | Aug 30, 2021

People with disabilities who don't drive are being left behind by accessibility efforts that ignore their unique and diverse needs — and centering them in city-building efforts can carry benefits for everyone, a new study argues.

Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado

By Streetsblog Denver | May 4, 2021

Colorado's wowntowns, main streets, and the urban arterials that have become so many of our main streets should be vibrant community centers, but people need to feel safe accessing them, no matter how they get there.

Commentary: Best Foot Forward

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 26, 2021

Dear Denver: We met on Walk Score. Hello, again. I’m the woman who was looking to move from a mountain town of 450 people to you – you with public transportation and a large public library system and the symphony and museums and movie theaters and neighborhoods to walk.

CALIFORNIA

Changes and Challenges for Safe Streets at Caltrans

By Melanie Curry | Sep 17, 2021

Streetsblog, CalBike, and BikeTalk converse with Caltrans Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs Jeanie Ward-Waller

Update on Caltrans Complete Streets Reservation

By Melanie Curry | Sep 14, 2021

Among the 34 projects to receive early Complete Streets funding from Caltrans are twelve that include separated, all-ages bike facilities; sixteen include new sidewalks; 26 are along a city's main street; two include new road diet elements.

Feds Prep $10 Billion More for High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Sep 13, 2021

And anti-HSR legislator Anthony Rendon goes on NBC Bay Area to defend his moves to try and kill the project

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 […]