Sarah Goodyear

If you are a Twitter user, you may have noticed a new hashtag in the last couple of weeks — #30daysofbiking. It’s pretty self-explanatory. People all around the country and the world have pledged to ride their bikes every day for the month of April, and they’re tweeting about it. (Around the block counts.) We … Continued

We asked. You delivered. Again.

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring an impressive example of community organizing from Charleston Moves, in South Carolina.

Reports of transit-related victories are coming from two cities with bloggers in the Streetsblog Network this morning.

Earlier this week, David Brooks wrote a column in the New York Times about the real roots of personal happiness that got a lot of attention. Among other things, it contained the news flash that commuting makes us miserable.

Florida DOT’s windshield perspective isn’t good enough anymore. (Photo: wallyg via Flickr) For decades, the automobile has been the central organizing principle for planning in South Florida, a primacy that hasn’t often been questioned. But there are signs that things are changing.  Today on the Streetsblog Network, Transit Miami reports that advocates of traffic calming … Continued

Today on the Streetsblog Network, Jarrett Walker at Human Transit talks about how the push for better transit in Los Angeles provides an example for planners in other parts of the world, especially in newer cities that don’t benefit from European-style density. Walker acknowledges that LA has a long, long way to go toward building a world-class transit system (read the post in full for all his caveats), but argues that the power of its image in popular culture gives it a unique influence as it moves forward: