Streetsblog.net
Streetsblog LA
Big Cuts in Store for Seattle Transit After Voters Reject Ballot Measure
It looks like Seattle's Prop 1, the ballot measure that could have fended off major cuts for Seattle transit, did not win a majority of the votes in yesterday's election.
April 23, 2014
How Cities Should Frame the Way They Think About Mobility
The evidence that our transportation systems are producing less-than-optimal results speaks for itself -- whether it's grinding congestion, obscene traffic fatality rates, or the greenhouse gases we're spewing into the atmosphere at catastrophic rates.
April 22, 2014
Suppressing the Housing Supply in Cities Isn’t Progressive
The housing affordability crisis in cities like San Francisco is a big progressive cause. But not everyone agrees about what's causing the problem, and that makes it harder to address.
April 18, 2014
5 Things You Should Know About the State of Walking and Biking in the U.S
The Alliance for Biking and Walking released its big biannual benchmarking report today, a 200-page document that measures the scope, status, and benefits of biking and walking across the United States, using 2011 and 2012 data to update its previous reports.
April 16, 2014
DC Inspires Bike Lane Envy With Curb-Protected Cycling
Here's a good sign that protected bike lanes are here to stay in American cities: Cities are increasingly trading plastic bollards for concrete curbs, making the lanes a more permanent feature of the landscape.
April 15, 2014
The Fiscal Insanity of Highway Building
To peer inside the minds of highway builders, take a look at what's happening in Dallas.
April 9, 2014
Graphed: While Gas Tax Erodes, Transit Fares Climb
This is an illuminating chart, produced by Richard Bose at Network blog NextSTL. It shows how Missouri electeds have let the gas tax steadily erode in real dollars while transit riders have been subjected to repeated fare increases.
March 25, 2014
Amtrak’s Marketing Overture to Millennials
Chalk up a win for the Amtrak marketing team, which has drummed up a tonofmedia coverage with its new residency program for writers.
March 24, 2014
A (Quiet) Bike Renaissance in Rockville, Maryland
The DC suburb of Rockville, Maryland, is quietly becoming a bike-friendly city.
March 21, 2014
Who Pays for “Free” Park-and-Ride Parking?
Park-and-ride lots, writes Matt Steele at Streets.mn, are the "darling infrastructure of the transit planning profession." In exchange for providing a parking spot at no charge to suburban commuters, says Steele, transit systems can increase ridership.
March 19, 2014