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Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
It only cost Toronto $1.5 million to clear cars off King Street and dramatically sped up streetcar trips for tens of thousands of people.
November 20, 2017
Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist
A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.
November 17, 2017
The People Left Behind By Car-Centric Planning
A kid walking to school is an afterthought, or worse, an inconvenience in a system that aspires to scientific efficiency in moving cars.
November 17, 2017
Bikes and Transit Keep Racking Up Ballot Wins
In one U.S. city after another, voters keep making their opinions clear.
November 16, 2017
Spokane May Give Builders a Push to Fix Downtown Parking Craters
City leaders have proposed a tax break for new construction on downtown surface parking lots.
November 15, 2017
Albuquerque Hits a New Low With Cruel Response to Pedestrian Deaths
To prevent pedestrian deaths, Albuquerque is cracking down on -- get this -- panhandlers.
November 14, 2017
Activists Form Chains of “Human Bollards” to Demand Protected Bike Lanes
Activists are literally using their bodies to highlight the need for better protection from motor vehicles.
November 13, 2017
In Montreal, an Electrifying Win for a Long-Shot Who Campaigned on Better Transit and Cycling
Valérie Plante, a political outsider, campaigned on more frequent buses and better bike lanes.
November 9, 2017
Talking Headways Podcast: Defending the Right of Way
This week's guest is Benjamin De La Pena, deputy director for policy, planning, mobility, and right of way at Seattle DOT. We talk about SDOT’s New Mobility Playbook, which describes "strategies for shaping the future of transportation in a way that puts people first."
November 9, 2017
How Seattle Avoided the Transit Death Spiral to Turn Around Its Bus System
Seattle voters wouldn't accept degraded transit service and that has paid off.
November 8, 2017
