Gas Jumps Pennies Per Gallon with California Carbon Tax!
Jan 6, 2015, 10:03 am By Angie SchmittEnergy groups warned of apocalyptic spikes in the price of gasoline in California when new…Looking Ahead to the Year in Transit Expansion
Jan 5, 2015, 11:15 am By Angie SchmittAfter significant transit construction in the United States in 2014, the next year will see another…Pedestrians Making up a Greater Share of NJ Traffic Deaths
Jan 5, 2015, 10:44 am By Angie SchmittAccording to the NJ State Police 563 people were killed by motor vehicle crashes in 2014, a 4%…Wishing for “Truly Open Streets” in 2015
Jan 2, 2015, 11:08 am By Ben Fried
It’s a new year, and around the Streetsblog Network people are posting their 2014 retrospectives…To Build Safer Streets, Cities Have to Challenge State DOTs
Dec 22, 2014, 11:42 am By Angie Schmitt
Have you ever heard this line from your local transportation officials? “We’d like to redesign…Deregulate Uber, but require transparency
Dec 20, 2014, 11:16 pm By Angie Schmitt
by David Alpert How do you deregulate a transportation service like taxis? The popularity of…The Laws in Question in the Schill Case
Dec 20, 2014, 11:16 pm By Ben Fried
Cherokee+Schill.jpg This week, my colleague, Steve Clark, wrote about his experience riding with…Speed Camera Controversy in Nassau County Shows Speeding Bigger Problem than Realized
Dec 20, 2014, 11:16 pm By Angie SchmittLate last month, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano dismissed almost $2.5 million in speed camera…Underrated Transit Projects
Dec 20, 2014, 11:15 pm By Angie SchmittIn between the airport connectors and mixed-traffic streetcars are some public transit proposals…Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to Rip Out City’s First Protected Bike Lane
Dec 19, 2014, 11:06 am By Angie Schmitt
Mt. Prospect Avenue in Newark has New Jersey’s first protected bike lane, as far as we know. But…Low-Income Fares Coming to Streetcars and Foot Ferries
Dec 19, 2014, 10:58 am By Angie SchmittIn addition to the low-income fare program that has been in place in Kitsap Transit since 1985, the…Cities Won’t Turn Out the Way Highway Builders Predict
Dec 18, 2014, 11:00 am By Angie Schmitt
What if the driving slump continues apace forever, asks Patrick Kennedy. Image: Street Smarts The…Using a Construction Project to Predict the Effect of a Road Diet
Dec 17, 2014, 11:08 am By Angie Schmitt
Portland’s dangerous Barbur Boulevard got a temporary road diet during a recent paving project,…Toronto to Spend $650,000 to Plow Snowy Bike Lanes
Dec 17, 2014, 10:37 am By Angie SchmittFinally. It’s about time the city devoted a bit of money (it works out to less than 1% of the…The Test of a Great Bikeway
Dec 16, 2014, 11:12 am By Angie Schmitt
What separates a great bikeway from one that makes you wonder why anyone even bothered? Bike route…A Federal Safety Performance Measure for Biking And Walking to be Developed
Dec 16, 2014, 10:40 am By Angie SchmittDespite the drama surrounding the FY 2015 Omnibus, or “CRomnibus,” biking and walking just got a…The High Cost of Unwalkable School Districts
Dec 15, 2014, 11:13 am By Angie Schmitt
Another consequence of unwalkable schools: big transportation bills for school districts. Photo:…Whoops! How Planners and Engineers Badly Overestimate Car Traffic
Dec 12, 2014, 9:55 am By Angie Schmitt
How much car traffic will a new building generate? Engineers and planners are constantly trying to…How to Make Transit Succeed in a Sprawling City
10:46am By Angie Schmitt
In many ways, Calgary, Canada’s third-largest city, is very much like a sprawling American city.…Stockton CA Wants Better Transit, Biking, and Sidewalks, Not Wider Roads
Wed 10:55am By Angie Schmitt
Residents of Stockton, CA, told the city they want better transit and active transportation, not…
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