Opinion: It’s Time to Update the 15-Minute City
Aug 14, 2024, 12:01 am By Paul Kalbfleisch
Since the early 20th century, cities have been optimized for the benefit of industry, commerce and the automobile. As a result, cities were organized into distinct zones of like activities; factories in one zone, shopping in another, nice single-family homes…Tuesday’s Headlines Go for the Gold
Aug 13, 2024, 12:47 am By Blake AuedLos Angeles could show its residents and traffic-choked cities everywhere by putting on a car-free Olympics in 2028. But will all the projects necessary get done in time? (New York Times) Despite his generally pro-union stances, Tim Walz’s only veto as…Sustainable Transit Advocates Unite for Harris-Walz — And Against Trump’s Embrace of Fossil Fuel
Aug 13, 2024, 12:04 am By Gersh Kuntzman
White dudes. Cat Ladies. Trainspotters? Meet “Train Lovers for Harris/Walz,” the latest of the disparate groups that have formed to boost Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The group, the brainchild of Green New…Here’s How to Debunk the ‘Need’ for Destructive Road Widenings
Aug 12, 2024, 12:03 am By Kea Wilson
Talk about word crimes! When state transportation agencies widen a highway, they tend to put out a buzzy press release about all the exciting new “improvements” that are coming to the road, without any mention of how disastrous that “upgrade” will…Monday’s Headlines for the Win
Aug 12, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
He may not be Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee, but like Steph Curry, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sank some heat-check threes on the Sunday talk shows. (The Guardian, The Hill, CNN) States are redirecting funds from a federal program for…Chicago Advocates are Demanding a People-Friendly Lake Shore Drive
Aug 9, 2024, 6:35 pm By John Greenfield
This post is sponsored by The Bike Lane. At the Save Our Lakefront Rally, hundreds of people called on the Illinois and Chicago transportation departments to halt plans to rebuild North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as a car-choked eight-lane barrier to…Friday’s Headlines Don’t Get the Credit They Deserve
Aug 9, 2024, 12:37 am By Blake Aued
The Biden/Harris administration was widely lauded for passing a bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in 2021, but that achievement doesn’t seem to register in the polls. That’s because the flow of money is slow, and construction is even slower, so…Friday Video: What It’s Like to Walk In Pedestrian-Unfriendly Florida
Aug 9, 2024, 12:02 am By Streetsblog
Florida is home to eight of the 20 deadliest metros in America for pedestrians. But how does that constant thrum of traffic violence actually shape residents’ lives — and what are they doing to fight back? Check out this moving new video from Smart Growth…NYC Won’t Even Eliminate Parking Mandates at Transit-Oriented Development
Aug 9, 2024, 12:01 am By Sophia Lebowitz
She got her just desert. A Bronx City Council member rallied the Land Use Committee on Tuesday to reject an Adams administration priority to no longer require developers to build costly parking spaces, saying that rezoning areas adjacent to two new Metro-North…Commentary: ‘Concrete Now’ is a Chant All Advocates Need to Repeat
Aug 8, 2024, 8:05 pm By Roger Rudick
Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. “Well,…Talking Headways: America’s Big Problem is a Lack of Density
Aug 8, 2024, 9:18 am By Jeff Wood
This week, we’re joined by Nico Larco, director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon to talk about his new book (with Kaarin Knudson), The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook. Let’s face it, most of what we do in the United States is just…Thursday’s Headlines Aren’t Going Back
Aug 8, 2024, 12:38 am By Blake Aued
A Donald Trump victory in November would jeopardize the Biden administration’s funding for tearing down divisive urban freeways. (E&E News) Practically every city in the world is going all-in on building fast, high-quality transit except those in the U.S.…‘Legacy Highways’ Are Some of Our Most-Dangerous Stroads — And It’s Time to Fix Them, US DOT Says
Aug 8, 2024, 12:03 am By Kea Wilson
Anyone who’s heard the perennial earworm “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” knows a little about America’s long history of building highways. But what they might not know is just how many of those vintage roads have survived to this day, evolving slowly…Opinion: Walz’s Transportation Polices Were ‘A Step Forward’ that ‘Still Left Gaps’ In Minnesota’s Priorities
Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 am By Joe Harrington
Editor’s note: We recently reached out to Our Streets MN to provide a quote for our article about the sustainable transportation track record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was recently selected to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Joe Harrington’s…People Walking, Biking, Busing Count — And We Should Count Them, Literally
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 am By Christian Frommelt
Editor’s note: a version of this article originally appeared on Substack and Next STL and is republished with permission. In May 2024, Chicago’s Department of Transportation claimed that biking had doubled in that city over the past five years. If biking…Wednesday’s Headlines Play Walzing Kamala
Aug 7, 2024, 12:52 am By Blake Aued
Climate change activists applauded Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz to be her running mate, citing his environmental record (E&E News; Red, Green and Blue). Kea Wilson compiled some facts about Walz’s mostly progressive, yet imperfect, record on…Five Facts on Tim Walz’s Sustainable Transportation Track Record
Aug 6, 2024, 8:04 pm By Kea Wilson
Vice President Kamala Harris’s choice to put Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the Democratic presidential ticket sparked excitement among much of the party’s progressive flank — but what’s his stance on progressive transportation issues and the movement to…Tuesday’s Headlines Burnin’ Like a Heat Wave
Aug 6, 2024, 12:01 am By
Despite an influx of cash for expansion under the Biden administration, this summer’s heat wave is exposing longstanding problems at Amtrak — along with municipal transit agencies — that will take years to fix. (Politico) With Kamala Harris set to make…What If We Treated Car Crash Sites Like Disaster Zones?
Aug 6, 2024, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
When a fatal car crash happens, authorities act fast to stablize the victims, clear the road, and get traffic moving again like nothing ever happened. But what if, instead, they treated those streets as the site of a catastrophic transportation failure — and…Monday’s Headlines Drill, Baby, Drill
Aug 5, 2024, 12:02 am By Blake Aued
Governments worldwide subsidize fossil fuel companies to the tune of $10 trillion — with a “t” — annually. (The Conversation) No one likes to pay for something that used to be free, but in cities that adopted it, congestion pricing quickly became…
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