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“I Can’t Be Quiet About This.” How a Grieving Mother Found Her Voice.
Since losing her son Dustin to a drunk driver, Kristi Finney has become one of the Portland region's most energetic and compelling advocates for traffic safety reforms.
April 19, 2018
Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough
A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.
April 18, 2018
Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing
The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.
April 17, 2018
Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?
For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.
April 17, 2018
“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together
The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
April 16, 2018
Talking Headways Podcast: Data Will Respirate the Future City
We’ve got a great episode this week with Los Angeles DOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. Hear how she got into transportation planning and how she views the future of streets, air rights of way, and the best way for cities to collaborate with private mobility services.
April 13, 2018
Parking Madness Final Four: Lansing vs Philadelphia
Which deserves to go to the parking crater championship? The state capitol asphalt acreage or the sports complex mega-lot?
April 12, 2018
Losing a Son, Starting a Movement
Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets is empowering people around the country who've lost loved ones to traffic violence to fight for change.
April 12, 2018
Parking Madness: Fremont vs. Hicksville
If you've ever wondered what's wrong with American commuter rail, take a good look at the two parking craters facing off today.
April 11, 2018
Dallas City Council Rejects Fees on Dockless Bike-Share Companies
The biggest bike-share experiment in the U.S. right now is happening in Dallas, and the city isn't quite sure what to do next.
April 10, 2018
