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Touring Portland’s Brand New Car-Free Bridge
Okay, it seems like now Portland is just showing off. The city is putting the finishing touches on the Tilikum Bridge, a multi-modal span that will serve buses, cyclists, pedestrians and trains -- but no cars.
March 18, 2015
Will Atlanta’s $250 Million Bond Measure Advance Biking and Walking?
Tomorrow, Atlanta residents go to the voting booth to decide on a $250 million bond package for infrastructure. The measure comes a few years after voters refused a 1 percent sales tax hike to fund infrastructure projects around the region.
March 16, 2015
The Promise of Tech-Enabled “Microtransit”
The enormous commercial success of startups like Uber and Lyft is just the beginning of how transportation services can be enhanced by mobile technology, writes Lisa Nisenson at Strong Towns. There's a whole range of needs that a new generation of transit services can meet, lessening dependence on private cars.
March 13, 2015
Bipartisan Bill Would Establish Small “Vision Zero” Grant Program
As more cities adopt Vision Zero plans to eliminate traffic deaths, a new proposal in Congress aims to help implement them. Problem is, the amount of funding is a drop in the bucket.
March 11, 2015
A House in the Suburbs, Three Kids, and No Cars
For many people who have children and live in the suburbs, being without a car is definitely not a choice. But when a family with kids chooses to go car-free, it's so rare that it tends to inspire curiosity. When a suburban Toronto family decided to ditch its cars, the Toronto Star wrote a full feature.
March 9, 2015
Seattle Mayor: “More Choices Means Fewer Cars on Our Streets”
On Monday, Mayor Ed Murray unveiled "Move Seattle" -- a 10-year vision for transportation that synthesizes planning for street safety, transit, and bicycling.
March 4, 2015
The Terrible 60-Year-Old Parking Advice That’s Still Haunting America
Scenes like the one above -- enormous pieces of land devoted to half-empty parking lots -- are ubiquitous throughout the United States. And that's no accident.
March 3, 2015
The Enormous Promise of a Carbon Tax-and-Dividend
Absent any foreseeable action from Washington, some states and localities are stepping up with policies that put a price on carbon. And that has a number of exciting implications for cities and sustainable transportation. California is using revenue from its cap-and-trade program, for instance, to subsidize housing near transit.
February 27, 2015
The Remarkable Drop in Car Commuting to Downtown Seattle
In a testament to how quickly travel behavior can change, new stats out of Seattle show that the share of downtown workers who commute alone by car has dropped significantly in the last 15 years.
February 26, 2015
The “Urban Renewal Mindset” Persists in St. Louis
St. Louis is home to one of the more notorious failures of the "urban renewal" era: the Pruitt-Igoe housing project. When these towers were demolished a generation ago, it seemed like the end of an era in city planning. The clearance of city blocks to make way for mega-development projects is now considered a colossal failure.
February 25, 2015