That Time a Louisville Paper Fantasized About Bombing Its Own Downtown
When urban renewal took a wrecking ball to American cities in the middle of the last century, some places looked like a war zone.
August 9, 2016
This Tiny Roadside Refuge in Silver Spring Is Your Sorriest Bus Stop, America
The people have spoken, and the winner of Streetsblog's 2016 Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament is this beauty on Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.
August 9, 2016
U.S. Transportation Now Belches Out More Carbon Than U.S. Electricity
For the first time in almost four decades, the nation's tailpipes now spew out more carbon emissions than the nation's smokestacks. It's an indication of how slowly the American transportation sector is rising to the challenge of preventing catastrophic climate change.
August 8, 2016
Survey: Americans Want DOTs to Factor Climate Change in Their Decisions
Should we continue to let state transportation departments spend tens of billions of dollars in federal funds each year without regard to how highway expansions contribute to climate change? Right now U.S. DOT is looking to inject some accountability into a process that has created a very carbon-intensive transportation system, and a new poll suggests most Americans would welcome that.
August 8, 2016
How the New Google Maps May Change the Way You See the City
What can a Google Maps visual teach us about the cities we live in?
August 5, 2016
Chris Christie’s Transportation Record Is a Bigger Disaster Than Bridgegate
What a fiasco. Six years after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC transit tunnel under the Hudson so he could avoid raising the gas tax, the jig is up. The state has run out of transportation funding anyway.
August 5, 2016
It’s KC vs. Silver Spring in the Final Round of America’s Sorriest Bus Stop
This is it, folks -- the championship round of Streetsblog's Sorriest Bus Stop tournament.
August 4, 2016
Where the People Walk: A Global Glance at Walking Rates
The way we move around is shaped by many factors -- the physical environment, culture, technology, and economic status, to name a few. A new report from the engineering firm Arup, "Cities Alive: Towards a Walking World," looks at how motorized cities can become walkable again.
August 3, 2016
A Better Bus Stop: Big Ideas From Transit Riders for a Better Wait
Streetsblog has been calling attention to the dismal state of transit waiting areas with our Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament. Transit riders have to put up with conditions that no one should stand for -- bus stops with nothing to sit on and no shelter, bus stops by dangerous, high-speed roads with no sidewalks, even "secret" bus stops with no visible marker that they exist.
August 1, 2016
America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Broomfield vs. Kansas City
It's Final Four time in Streetsblog's Sorriest Bus Stop tournament. After two rounds, only the least appealing, most dehumanizing bus stops are still standing.
August 1, 2016