There Is No Right to Unimpeded Fast Driving
Sep 3, 2014, 11:05 am By Angie Schmitt
How come you don’t hear more drivers raging about this? Photo: Washington Bikes How do you explain…The Problem With “Infrastructurism”
Sep 2, 2014, 11:12 am By Angie Schmitt
Have you ever heard someone say that building a new transit line will increase ridership by so many…Uh, Oh: SE Wisconsin’s Rush-Minute Is Disappearing
Sep 2, 2014, 10:43 am By Angie SchmittThough the state highway fund is tapped out and we’re in the middle of more than $6 billion in…The Small Indiana City That’s Embracing Livable Streets
Aug 29, 2014, 11:27 am By Angie Schmitt
Kokomo, Indiana, has put resources and energy into developing streetscape features to calm traffic…Boosting Transit Ridership With New Stations, Not New Track
Aug 28, 2014, 10:37 am By Angie Schmitt
Assembly Station in Somerville, outside Boston, is a great example of how older transit systems can…Downtown Houston Will Get Its First Protected Bike Lane
Aug 27, 2014, 10:48 am By Angie Schmitt
Houston’s protected bike lane should look a lot like this one in Seattle. Photo: Seattle…Washingtonians Want Safe and Healthy Routes to Schools
Aug 27, 2014, 10:07 am By Angie SchmittNew statewide polling shows strong support for state investments in Safe and Healthy Routes to…New Parking in Seattle Comes With a Side of Mixed-Use Development
Aug 26, 2014, 11:23 am By Angie Schmitt
This new mixed-use development by a light rail station in Seattle will have 505 housing units and…Michigan’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Launches Today in Grand Rapids
Aug 26, 2014, 11:06 am By Angie SchmittMichigan‘s first bus rapid transit line launches this week, whisking passengers from…It’s Time to Rethink Old Stereotypes About Renters
Aug 25, 2014, 11:00 am By Angie Schmitt
Homeownership rates in Philadelphia aren’t as high as they used to be, and that’s not a bad…Transit Adjacent Development isn’t Transit Oriented Development
Aug 25, 2014, 10:39 am By Angie SchmittRecently the Daily Journal of Commerce wrote about a new project proposed near Link’s Othello…Could DC Add Bike Lanes to Its Traffic Circles?
Aug 22, 2014, 11:06 am By Angie Schmitt
London is adding a bike lane to one of its famous traffic circles. Image: City of London via…Sioux Falls Builds Sidewalk-Free School, Tries to Stop Kids From Walking
Aug 21, 2014, 11:43 am By Angie Schmitt
Stories like this one help explain why we have a childhood obesity epidemic in the United States.…Will Spokane Give Downtown Transit Riders the Boot?
Aug 20, 2014, 11:15 am By Angie Schmitt
Transit in Spokane, Washington, is centered around a well-designed plaza in downtown. While the…A Call for Minimum Service Standards
Aug 20, 2014, 10:44 am By Angie Schmitt» All across the country, transit agencies are opening new rail lines with inadequate service. At…Don’t Blame Hills for Pittsburgh’s Pedestrian Injuries
Aug 19, 2014, 10:44 am By Angie Schmitt
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published an in-depth investigation of the city’s pedestrian…Spokane’s Downtown is for People – and their Buses
Aug 19, 2014, 10:16 am By Angie SchmittOn this side of the Cascades, we don’t often hear much about transit in Spokane. That’s a shame,…To Prevent Distracted Driving, New App Distracts Drivers
Aug 18, 2014, 11:00 am By Angie Schmitt
The new windshield display system Navdy aims to make texting while driving easier. Image: Navdy The…Frequent Networks: Escaping the “Food Desert”
Aug 18, 2014, 10:30 am By Angie SchmittFor their piece on food deserts this week, National Geographic led off with this map of Houston. It…Cincinnati Launching a 35-Station Bike-Share System Next Month
Aug 15, 2014, 10:49 am By Angie Schmitt
This hasn’t been a great year for bike-share launches in America, with the dominant operator, Alta…
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