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…Opinion: Asphalt Roads are Making our Heatwaves Worse and High-Speed Rail Is The Answer
Aug 5, 2024, 12:01 am By Andy Kunz
This has been a brutal summer for hot weather with large swaths of the United States suffering through record triple-digit temperatures. Cases and deaths from heat stroke and exposure have surged. We know that human-caused climate change is the main driver…Memorial Ride For Teen Cycling Phenom Killed by Driver Hopes to Inspire National Change
Aug 5, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
Magnus White always loved to ride in the front of the pack. On the notoriously difficult terrain of the cyclocross course, the 17-year-old was known for pushing himself to get out ahead of the other riders, setting the pace for the race and daring everyone…Amtrak’s New Chicago-Twin Cities Service Saw Strong Ridership in its First Month
Aug 2, 2024, 5:50 pm By
This post is sponsored by The Bike Lane. Amtrak’s new Borealis St. Paul/Minneapolis-Milwaukee-Chicago service appears to be off to a strong start, based both on the ridership figures for its first full month of operations, and my own onboard experiences.…Friday’s Headlines Slim Down
Aug 2, 2024, 12:27 am By Blake Aued
The best way to make streets safer is to make them narrower, according to a Johns Hopkins study (Route Fifty). Another study by the University of Iowa found that road diets had no effect on emergency vehicle response times (Ars Technica). Vox explains the…Opinion: Democrats Are Calling Trump and Vance ‘Weird.’ Let’s Do the Same for Car Dependency.
Aug 2, 2024, 12:01 am By Clyve Lawrence
Calling out “weird” behavior is a tactic that’s been used in politics recently to make opponents’ ideas seem off-putting. But this strategy isn’t just for presidential elections — we can use it to make our streets safer and more welcoming, too.…Friday Video: What the U.S. Can Learn About Street Design From Japan
Aug 2, 2024, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
With just 12 percent of trips taken by car and one of the densest development patterns in the entire world, Tokyo is worlds away from most auto-dominated U.S. cities. Some advocates argue, though, that American urbanists can learn more from the Japanese…Talking Headways: Want to Enjoy Nature without Destroying It? It’s A Challenge
Aug 1, 2024, 10:44 am By Jeff Wood
This week, we’re podcasting a conversation about public transit to the Great Outdoors featuring Corrie Parrish of Kittleson Associates, Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Hood River County Transportation District. Click the player…Study: The Real Reasons Pedestrian Deaths Surged Along with COVID-19
Aug 1, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
The Covid pandemic alone doesn’t explain the surge in pedestrian deaths during quarantine, a new study finds — and to curb the carnage, America will need to get serious about addressing the root causes of traffic violence that long predated the deadly…Thursday’s Headlines Get Pulled Over
Aug 1, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
Under pressure from the left for racial bias and the right for focusing too little on other subsets of violent crime, police in cities nationwide have been issuing far fewer traffic tickets since 2019. And the lack of enforcement coincides with a spike in…Criminal Mischief? Man Arrested for Removing Plate Cover on Secret Service SUV Protecting Kamala Harris’s Step-Daughter Ella Emhoff
Jul 31, 2024, 11:04 am By David Meyer
Cops really do call it criminal mischief. The NYPD arrested a Tribeca man and charged him with “criminal mischief” (as well as obstruction of government administration) after he allegedly tampered with a covered license plate affixed to (insert “Law and…This Bill Could Restore Washington’s Ability to Regulate the Auto Industry
Jul 31, 2024, 12:01 am By John Besche
A new bill could restore a key legal principle that gives regulators more power to protect the public — including protecting pedestrians and cyclists from automakers that would put cars on the road that are more likely to kill people outside them. Sen.…Study: We Can Save Pedestrians After Dark — If Road Designers ‘See the Light’
Jul 31, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
America could slash its largest category of pedestrian deaths with just two simple pieces of lighting infrastructure, a new study finds — but first, cities need to stop blaming walkers for their own deaths and then invest in protecting them. Drivers were…Do Wednesday’s Headlines Yield, Sir Knight?
Jul 31, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint in federal court accusing freight hauler Norfolk Southern of failing to yield for Amtrak trains as required by law. (New York Times) Seniors who shouldn’t be driving are often reluctant to give up their keys…Possible Uber/Lyft Tax Could Help Fund Transit in San Francisco
Jul 30, 2024, 7:06 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. The…Les Titres de Mardi a Paris
Jul 30, 2024, 12:54 am By Blake Aued
Repairs were completed Monday on France’s national high-speed rail network after several coordinated attacks as the Olympics opened on Friday (BBC). Police also arrested a far-left activist in connection with the sabotage (CBS News). Google isn’t nearly as…How Far Should Cities Go to Keep Walkers Cool?
Jul 30, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
What if cities were required not just to build safe places for people to walk and bike, but comfortably cool ones — even if it meant spending as much on pedestrian and cycling infrastructure as we do on infrastructure for drivers? That’s the question at…Report: Calif.’s Transformative Climate Communities Program Is Transforming People’s Lives
Jul 29, 2024, 7:45 pm By Melanie Curry
The money California receives from its cap-and-trade program, in which polluting industries must control their emissions and pay for the emissions they do produce – thus paying something for the damage that pollution causes – has been invested in a range…What Will It Take to Get Chicago Better Bus Service?
Jul 29, 2024, 7:20 pm By John Greenfield
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. This morning’s City Council Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee meeting covered a hot topics in Chicago: How to make bus service faster and more reliable. Many sustainable transportation and environmental…Businesses Thrive on NYC’s Car-Free Streets, Yet Mayor Ignores Call for Widespread Pedestrianization
Jul 29, 2024, 12:04 am By Sophia Isabel Lebowitz
Gov. Hochul not only killed a revenue source for the MTA when she canceled congestion pricing — she also squandered the expansion of business-friendly, car-free streets that could have been achieved once more than 100,000 cars were banished from Lower…
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