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November 2009
Fri 6: Westside Kids "Testify" on Bike Plan and Are Heard Across the Country 3
Fri 6: Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions 1
Thu 5: The Perils of Cul-de-Sac Development 0
Wed 4: There’s Safety in (Bike-Specific) Infrastructure 1
Tue 3: Demanding Safe Passage for Americans with Disabilities 2
Mon 2: Bike Lanes Everywhere You Look 0
October 2009
Fri 30: Bringing Farms to the Heartland — of Suburbia 1
Thu 29: In Other Road Users We Trust (Because We Have To) 0
Wed 28: How to Reach Gen Y and Younger 1
Tue 27: Calling for Your Photos of Work Bikes 0
Tue 27: Leaders Need to Lead on Transit Funding 0
Mon 26: In Miami, a Step Forward for Pedestrians 0
Fri 23: A National Look at Meyer's Exhibit - Mobility as a Basic Human Right 0
Thu 22: Should Cities Try to Keep Out Big Chains? 1
Wed 21: Jaywalking as a Marker of Livable Streets 0
Tue 20: The Effect of Climate Change on Transpo Infrastructure 0
Mon 19: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Public Spaces 0
Fri 16: Michigan Makes Roads Safe for Fuzzy Dice, Not Bikes 0
Thu 15: Make Smart Growth Affordable by Building More of It 0
Wed 14: Marketing Bike Boulevards to Non-Bikers 0
Tue 13: “Bicycling Is Healthy” — So How Do We Encourage It? 0
Fri 9: Just Give Us a Place to Park Our Bikes 8
Thu 8: Click Here for More Livable Streets 0
Wed 7: The Importance of Child Care Within Walking Distance 3
Tue 6: Your Eyes on Your Streets: Space Hogs 0
Tue 6: Back to the Land in Detroit? 5
Mon 5: Advice for the Would-Be Car-Free 0
Fri 2: Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers 1
Thu 1: Can We Learn Something From the New Cowboys Stadium? 2
September 2009
Tue 29: Are Two-Way Streets the Way of the Future? 2
Wed 23: In Denver, They Get It: Bikes Are Good for Business 0
Tue 22: Wanted: Your Eyes on Your Streets 0
Mon 21: The Cost of Lowballing Light Rail Ridership Projections 1
Fri 18: Planning and Density: Who’s Forcing Whom? 1
Thu 17: Blaming Cyclists for Dangerous Roads: It Goes Way Back 1
Wed 16: In Dallas, You Don’t Get What You Don’t Pay For 1
Tue 15: Living Up to the Nation’s Transit Potential 2
Mon 14: Highways and Rapid Transit: Should They Go Together? 2
Fri 11: “Summer Streets” Aren’t Enough...But They Would Be Nice 0
Thu 10: Building Codes to Deal With Abandoned Big Boxes 1
Wed 9: When Parking Spaces Are More Important Than Homes 0
Tue 8: A Livable Streets Renaissance in Savannah? 0
Fri 4: Intercity Trains: How Good Do Connections Need to Be? 1
Thu 3: The Brute Power of the Car 0
Wed 2: Portland Gets a Cycle Track, and All That Comes With It 2
Tue 1: Streetsblog.net Carrots Are Good for You, and So Are Sticks 0
August 2009
Mon 31: Drinking and Driving; In Some States They Go Hand in Hand 1
Fri 28: The Importance of Making the Connection 1
Wed 26: Of Froggy Dreams and Feral Houses 1
Tue 25: Bike Skirt Goes Car-Free in Birmingham 0
Mon 24: The Social Costs of Car-free Living in Small Cities 19
Fri 21: Wanted: Streets Designed for All 0
Thu 20: Streetsblog.net Back-to-School Season Brings Bike-to-School Bans 1
Wed 19: Gauging a Transpo Bill’s Chances in the Senate 0
Tue 18: Cyclonomics 0
Mon 17: The Blame Game 11
Fri 14: Remembering How the Roads Got Paved 0
Thu 13: It Actually Makes a Difference Where a Train Station Is Built 1
Wed 12: “No More Cars” vs. “Not More Cars” 2
Tue 11: Connecting Residential Density and Fuel Consumption 2
Mon 10: So Much Parking It Hurts 2
Fri 7: “You Would Just Love to Lob Something at Their Heads” 9
Thu 6: Getting a Fair Share of the Road 2
Wed 5: Use Your Body and Your Brain Will Thank You 0
Tue 4: “Spatial Mismatch” and Why Density Alone Isn’t Enough 15
Mon 3: Meet the Network: UrbanReviewSTL 0
July 2009
Fri 31: Pay Close Attention to the Following Message About Distraction 2
Thu 30: Complete Streets Could Help America Lose Weight, Says CDC 0
Wed 29: How Cars Destroy the Wilderness of Childhood 0
Tue 28: New Jersey Needs to Face Its Pedestrian Fatality Problem 5
Mon 27: The Transformative Potential of Bike Sharing 0
Fri 24: Fun and Games With Transportation 1
Thu 23: Fighting to Take Back Louisville’s Waterfront 1
Wed 22: Vancouver Gives a Bridge Lane to Bikes 0
Tue 21: Turning a Blind Eye to the Risks of Auto Culture 3
Mon 20: How Much Do Bicyclists Really Slow Down Drivers? 8
Wed 15: In Flint, Trying to Reinvent a Shrinking City 1
Tue 14: Cities Must Become More Resilient to Survive 5
Mon 13: Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to Your Health 1
Fri 10: All Aboard the Great Streetcar Debate 11
Thu 9: Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate 0
Wed 8: Riding the Broadband Superhighway to Work 1
Tue 7: Clicking to Connect With Government and Get Things Fixed 0
Mon 6: Paying for a More Comfortable Transit Ride 1
Thu 2: Another Step in Reducing Auto Dependence 0
Wed 1: Streetsblog.net Mind the Gender Gap 2
June 2009
Tue 30: We Are the World 0
Mon 29: Do Shiny New Roads “Only Make Idiots More Dangerous”? 1
Fri 26: In New York, Riders Are Indifferent to State of NYCMTA 3
Thu 25: Everywhere a Sign 0
Wed 24: GAO Says We Need More Than a Vision for High Speed Rail 1
Tue 23: Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities 0
Mon 22: Have Red Light Speed Cameras Saved Lives in Virginia? 2
Fri 19: Less Parking, More Healthy Food 0
Thu 18: Bike and Ped Infrastructure Depends on Federal Funds, Too 0
Tue 16: Now Arriving: Transit-Oriented Development 1
Mon 15: The Two-Wheeling Future of Fort Worth 0
Fri 12: New Urbanism, Old Urbanism and “Creative Destruction” 1
Thu 11: Will Memphis Rise to the Transit Challenge? 2
Wed 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 0
Wed 10: To Reduce Driving, Put a Real Price on Parking 3
Tue 9: The Rules of the Road Are Everyone’s Responsibility 6
Mon 8: Putting a Chill on Sprawl in New Jersey 1
Fri 5: To Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities, Focus Enforcement on Cars 4
Thu 4: Slow Ride, Take It Easy 0
Wed 3: Getting Real About High-Speed Rail 0
Tue 2: Using the Hive Mind to Make Biking Safer 0
Mon 1: How the Autocentric Lifestyle Hurts Our Kids 1
May 2009
Fri 29: Making Room for People Rather Than Cars 0
Thu 28: We Need a Complete Solution to Climate Change 2
Wed 27: The Permanent Effect of Temporary Street Closures 1
Wed 20: Would Motorists Pay 15 Cents a Mile for No Traffic? 0
Tue 19: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Emphasis on Safety? 4
Mon 18: Van Jones and the Vision for a New Urban Environmentalism 0
Fri 15: The Grass Roots Are Growing Up and Up 0
Thu 14: In Missouri, the State DOT Lobbies to Block Complete Streets 0
Wed 13: How Can We Make Bike Commuting “Normal”? 3
Tue 12: Finding Effective Arguments for Funding Mass Transit 7
Mon 11: Imagine If People Really Drove the Speed Limit 3
Fri 8: Complete Streets Planning Becomes Law in Hawaii 0
Thu 7: Why Won’t the Feds Encourage People to Go Car-Free? 5
Wed 6: Cycling and the Law: Where Does Education Begin? 9
Tue 5: Portland Bus Driver Says Let There Be Light…on Bikes 1
Mon 4: Experimenting with the Elimination of Traffic Lights 0
Fri 1: Complete Streets Could Hit a Speed Bump in Milwaukee 0
April 2009
Thu 30: Illinois Transit May Take a Hit; for Roads, It’s Business as Usual 0
Wed 29: Fighting for Transit-Oriented Development in Wisconsin 0
Mon 27: Why Conservatives (and Everyone) Should Care About Transit 10
Fri 24: Danger: Journalist With Windshield Perspective Ahead 0
Thu 23: DOT Secy Wants “Sustained Engagement” from Bike Advocates 0
Wed 22: Transportation, Class and Housing: Making the Connections 0
Tue 21: Are Stimulus Funds Being Misused for NJ Highways 0
Mon 20: Progress Through Undevelopment 0
Thu 16: Urban Revitalization Continues Amid Recession 0
Wed 15: America’s Big Fat Road Problem 0
Tue 14: Reaching Across the Urban-Suburban Divide 1
Mon 13: Sen. Mikulski Supports Car Tax Breaks While Transit Languishes 0
Thu 9: Carfree Montanta 0
Wed 8: Safe Places for Senior Citizens to Walk 0
Tue 7: Driven to Distraction in America 4
Mon 6: Should St. Louis Make Mass Transit Free? 1
Fri 3: The Case Against the Cul-de-Sac: Build Streets That Connect 2
Thu 2: What Can We Learn from Oregon’s Mileage Tax Experiment? 1
Wed 1: Accident vs. Crash: The View from Savannah 0
March 2009
Tue 31: Does Density Help Communities Weather Recession? 0
Mon 30: Safe Routes to School Needs Funding in Pennsylvania 0
Fri 27: Passenger Rail Isn’t Just for “Rail Buffs” 2
Thu 26: As Transit Is Gutted in Orange County, Freeways Set to Expand 15
Wed 25: Can the World Handle the World’s Cheapest Car? 1
Tue 24: It's No Accident 0
Mon 23: Transit-Oriented Development: Beyond the Big City 0
Fri 20: Don’t Let Fear Hold You Back 2
Thu 19: DOT and HUD Team Up for TOD 0
Wed 18: LaHood Talks Up Cities and Transit 1
Tue 17: Stim-Funded Highways to Nowhere 0
Mon 16: Traffic, Serious as a Heart Attack 0
Fri 13: A Potential Stimulus Horror Story from Franklin, Wisconsin 0
Thu 12: Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? 1
Tue 10: The True Cost of Moving to Cheaper Suburban Housing 2
Mon 9: Rebuilding Roads with “Practical Design” 0
Fri 6: A Proposal: Stimulus for Passenger Rail in Montana 0
Thu 5: Transit Funding Solutions, Parisian Edition 1
Wed 4: Just Words, Mr. President? 0
Tue 3: Public Spaces, Now More Than Ever 0
Mon 2: Declining Traffic: How Will It Affect U.S. Transportation? 2
February 2009
Fri 27: Transportation for America Launches Campaign Platform 1
Thu 26: A High-Speed Rail Roundup 2
Wed 25: The Case Against Home Ownership 20
Tue 24: What Does Beauty Have to Do With Sustainability? 0
Mon 23: The Mileage Tax Genie Is Out of the Bottle 12
Fri 20: The Definition of Speeding Shouldn't Be Relative 0
Thu 19: Listening to the President on Transportation 2
Wed 18: The Stimulus Bill: Time to Start Following the Money 3
Tue 17: Will Cities Get Some of the Stimulus Money? 0
Fri 13: The Challenges in Getting Transit Funded 0
Thu 12: Transit and Bikes: Meant for Each Other 2
Wed 11: An Attempt to Create Empathy in Drivers 2
Tue 10: Meet the New AASHTO? 0
Mon 9: Streetsblog.net Contrarian Thinking: Against Transportation 2
Fri 6: Columbus and Its Mall: This Marriage Can’t Be Saved 1
Thu 5: What Does Profitability Mean for Transit? 6
Wed 4: Senate Stimulus Action Leaves the Network Cold 0
Tue 3: Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus? 0
Mon 2: Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It’s About the Law 0
January 2009
Fri 30: Thinking Big: What About an Interstate Rail System? 1
Wed 28: Stimululus Outrage Throughout the Network 0
Tue 27: Even as Gas Prices Fall, More People Are Turning to Transit 0
Mon 26: Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service 3
Fri 23: A New Day for Atlanta — and for Urbanism? 1
Thu 22: Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending 0
Wed 21: The Work That Needs to Be Done 2
Tue 20: Faster Isn’t Better, and Cars Aren’t Safer 1
Fri 16: Dissenting Voices on the Stimulus from Around the Web and Halls of Congress 4
Thu 15: Bike, Ped Improvements Part of Portland’s Stimulus Plan 1
Wed 14: Streetsblog.net What Might Cities Look Like in a World Without Oil? 0
Tue 13: Stimulus Forces Consideration of Transportation Priorities 0
Mon 12: Oberstar’s Call to “Rebuild America,” and Other Stimulus Notes 0
Fri 9: Streetsblog.net: Cyclists Need More Than Bike Lanes 6
Thu 8: Of Buses and Women 3
Wed 7: Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? 1
Tue 6: Portland's Safe Streets: How Do They Do It? 1
Mon 5: Streetsblog.net Members Not Impressed with Obama Stimulus 0
December 2008
Tue 23: More Lanes in Milwaukee, Hope for Bikes in Suburban Kansas 0
Tue 23: The Elevated Bikeways of Minneapolis? 0
Mon 22: Streetsblog.net: Help Rep. Oberstar Green the Stimulus 0
Fri 19: Streetsblog.Net Looks at Bike Rider's Bill of Rights 2
Thu 18: Ray LaHood, Known Unknown 0
Tue 16: Street-Level Intelligence from the Streetsblog Network 0
Mon 15: When the Status Quo Doesn’t Cut It 0
Fri 12: Streetsblog Network: No Way to Build a Sidewalk 2
Thu 11: Copout on the Transit Bailout 0
Wed 10: More Portland Cyclists Mean Safer Streets 0
Mon 8: Obama's Stimulus: Too Much Emphasis on Roads and Bridges? 4
Fri 5: Today on Streetsblog.net 3
Thu 4: Should Your Blog Be in the Livable Streets Network? 0
Thu 4: Today on Streetsblog.net 0
Wed 3: Today on Streetsblog.net 1
Tue 2: Introducing the Streetsblog Network 0
November 2008
Fri 21: Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand 0
Fri 14: Obama Names Transportation Team 4
Thu 6: Having a Kid Doesn't Mean Having a Car 0
October 2008
Fri 24: The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers 1