USA

Advocates Square Off on Traffic Policing

By Kea Wilson | Sep 25, 2020

An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.

Talking Headways Podcast: A Community Champion

By Jeff Wood | Sep 24, 2020

Talking with Stephanie Gidigbi of the Natural Resources Defense Council about how federal policy connects to transportation and race (and not in a good way!).

Op-Ed: It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park

By Joe Cortright | Sep 24, 2020

Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.

NYC

OPINION: BID Leaders Tell Mayor to Open Streets for Retail … Now!

By Jennifer Tausig | Sep 25, 2020

With the holiday season approaching, merchants must be able to plan, order appropriate inventory and market their goods, or they will close. We need a plan for our local economies now.

CityRise To Step Up for Streets When Mayor Won’t

By Mark Gorton | Sep 24, 2020

A civic group seeks quick, practical solutions to the post-COVID "carmegeddon" — and support for struggling retail businesses at the same time.

OPINION: State Must Subsidize E-Bike Purchases

By Assembly Member Robert Carroll | Sep 23, 2020

A state lawmaker and a Democratic Socialist frame the issue perfectly: Let's help people get out of cars!

LA

Cops Give Contradictory Account of Dijon Kizzee Killing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 19, 2020

The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place

Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns

By Joe Linton | Sep 18, 2020

The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction

Why Won’t Metro Promote Its New Electric Buses?

By Joe Linton | Sep 9, 2020

Announcing a Streetsblog contest: submit your designs for how Metro should promote its exciting new electric bus fleet

CHICAGO

Train Line Has Separate Car for Anti-Maskers

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2020

Is the commuter railroad's unique approach to dealing with COVID deniers on trains completely misguided, or so gosh darn irrational that it just might work?

Adding more diverse voices would strengthen the Illinois Bike Summit

By Courtney Cobbs | Sep 22, 2020

It would be great to see more people of color, as well as cyclists with disabilities, share their experiences of biking and what they’d like to see done to make our streets safer for them.

Hundreds, including Mayor Lightfoot, showed up for the Roll N Peace unity ride

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 22, 2020

The rides promote public safety, wellness, and community spirit in a neighborhood that residents say has positive qualities that many Chicagoans overlook.

SF

AC Transit Cuts Coming?

By Roger Rudick | Sep 25, 2020

East Bay Transit Riders makes interactive map of lines slated for possible elimination

Make 60 Percent ‘Work from Home’ Permanently?

By Roger Rudick | Sep 23, 2020

A huge swath of the workforce has been working from home since at least March--if the goal is to reduce carbon emissions, MTC staff suggest maybe that's how things should remain

Endorsement: Vote ‘Yes’ on Measure RR

By Roger Rudick | Sep 22, 2020

Vote 'Yes' on Caltrain funding

DENVER

Op-Ed: It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park

By Joe Cortright | Sep 24, 2020

Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.

Winter Is Coming: Four Ways To Keep Snowy Cities Moving During the Pandemic

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2020

Many forms of indoor entertainment won't be safe this winter — which means it's past time to make outdoor transportation and recreation safe for all.

‘Heat Vision’ Traffic Lights Can Save Lives

By Kea Wilson | Sep 22, 2020

Cities across America are telling the pedestrian "beg" button to bug off, thanks to thermal imaging technology designed to detect and protect human bodies on our roadways.

CALIFORNIA

Active Transportation Will Add to State’s Climate Push

By Melanie Curry | Sep 24, 2020

Governor Newsom's executive order calling for cleaner transportation only hints at the most important way to reduce transportation emissions and make life in California better: by encouraging and supporting walking, biking, and transit.

Governor Newsom’s Executive Order: No New Fossil-Fuel Vehicles in California by 2035

By Melanie Curry | Sep 23, 2020

As part of Climate Week 2020, California Governor Newsom today issued an executive order declaring the goal of eliminating fossil fuels from transportation, a sector that produces half of California’s toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. The order calls for ending all sales of new fossil-fuel-powered vehicles in the next fifteen years, and calls on various […]

Active Transportation Program Quick-Build Project Recommendations Released

By Melanie Curry | Sep 16, 2020

Eight projects recommended; CTC to decide on final list in December

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 […]