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  • Friday’s Headlines Go Back to the Future

    Jul 19, 2024, 2:17 am By Blake Aued
    Project 2025’s plans for a second Trump administration call for rolling back the Biden administration’s safety and emissions regulations, and letting states spend federal transportation block grants on whatever they want, including highways. (CityNerd,…
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  • Advocates Share What It Takes to Fight Highway Expansions in Court 

    Jul 19, 2024, 12:02 am By Haleema Bharoocha
    A recent survey highlighted the challenges — and successes — that advocates encounter when they mount legal battles against transportation agencies over harmful highway expansions and uncovered insights other freeway fighters might use to pursue similar…
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  • Friday Video: Paris Does it Again

    Jul 19, 2024, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
    In the middle of a heatwave that is gripping half the country, we thought we’d present this great Streetfilms video about how Paris is reducing the “urban heat effect” by using the main levers available to cities: adding greenery and reducing car use.…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: IrrePLACEable

    2:54pm By Jeff Wood
    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Kevin Kelley, founding partner and principal at Shook Kelley. We talk about his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together. We discuss eliciting emotions, the…
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  • This Heat Wave is a Car Dependency Problem

    12:03am By Kea Wilson
    A long, sweaty wait at an unsheltered bus stop for a ride that only comes once an hour. A sweltering walk to a grocery store that’s two miles away because the city zoning code doesn’t allow developers to build a closer store in your neighborhood. A brutal…
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  • We Need to Stop Killing People On Our Roads; a New ‘Bikes Belong’ Campaign Could Help

    12:01am By Melissa Balmer
    It didn’t surprise safe and sustainable transportation advocates when Hoboken, N.J. won national praise for eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries seven years in a row, thanks in part to its ambitious effort to eliminate blind spots at…
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  • A Hillbilly Elegy for Thursday’s Headlines

    12:01am By Blake Aued
    Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, sponsored a bill to gut the Biden administration’s incentive program for electric vehicles and replace it with incentives to buy gas-powered ones. And the larger the vehicle, the bigger the rebate.…
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  • Encouraging Seniors to Use Active and Public Transportation

    Wed 3:04pm By Mary Daval
    Note: This post has been adapted from a presentation made at this year’s California Bike Summit. Local governments and organizations have a big role to play in transportation, and there are many ways they can make it easier for people to stay active as they…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Got the Worried Blues

    Wed 12:45am By Blake Aued
    Transit agencies have a lot of concerns these days, including how to adapt to a post-pandemic environment and how to provide on-time bus service despite increasing traffic congestion, according to one contractor’s survey. (Smart Cities Dive) Henry Grabar…
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  • Study: More Evidence That Safer Streets Help Loca Business

    Wed 12:00am By Kea Wilson
    A series of road safety projects in Seattle had no negative effect on local businesses’ bottom lines and in many cases boosted them, according to a new study — debunking the persistent myth that saving lives will undermine economic growth. Before and…
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  • Transit Planning Guru Jarrett Walker Discusses Chicago’s Transit Challenges

    Jul 16, 2024, 6:42 pm By John Greenfield
    The post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Last week Streetsblog Chicago’s Igor Studenkov covered a meeting of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee to discuss whether Chicagoland’s four transit agencies should be combined into…
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  • Don’t Believe the Hydrogen Train Hype

    Jul 16, 2024, 3:08 pm By Streetsblog
    On July 14, LAist published an article claiming that the first zero-emission train in the U.S. has arrived in San Bernardino. The new train is a hybrid (hydrogen power and battery) multiple unit, for Arrow line service. Similar headlines had been used in other…
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  • Tuesday’s Headlines Turn Up the Heat

    Jul 16, 2024, 1:00 am By Blake Aued
    PBS News talked to a climate scientist about how extreme heat is affecting infrastructure, including slowing down Amtrak trains on the East Coast. Scorching-hot sidewalks are causing burns in the Southwest (New York Times). Phoenix road and sidewalk…
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  • These Are the Most Dangerous Congressional Districts for Pedestrians

    Jul 16, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
    Congressional districts with a majority of Black and brown residents are consistently among the most deadly for pedestrians, even when they’re located in larger metros that look safer on paper, a new analysis reveals — and their leaders have a unique…
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  • Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Shows Promise … For Some, Data Shows

    Jul 15, 2024, 12:17 am By Sophia Isabel Lebowitz
    This delivery is a mixed bag. The city’s minimum pay law for delivery workers has dramatically improved wages for tens of thousands of workers, but also reduced some workers’ hours as the previously unregulated delivery app industry retooled for greater…
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  • Monday’s Headlines Go Through Basic Training

    Jul 15, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    High-speed rail has the potential to transform the country, but has not succeeded in the U.S. primarily due to the lack of a dedicated funding source and an onerous permitting process, according to an NYU study. (Smart Cities Dive) Reece Martin predicts that…
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  • Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Sustainable Urban Design

    Jul 15, 2024, 12:01 am By Kea Wilson
    Whether they’re debating the best design of a bike lane or sweating the details of a sidewalk, sustainable transportation advocates often have an obsessive knowledge of the street realm. But what about, well, everything beyond it?  In his new book, “The…
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  • Long Beach Leads in Traffic Circles

    Jul 12, 2024, 5:15 pm By Joe Linton
    This article supported by Los Angeles Bicycle Attorney as part of a general sponsorship package. All opinions in the article are that of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of LABA. Click on the ad for more information. More than any other…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Take Me to the River

    Jul 12, 2024, 1:18 am By Blake Aued
    The bipartisan infrastructure act includes $2.5 billion to improve locks and dams along the Mississippi River, allowing bigger barges through and potentially taking thousands of trucks off the road. (Politico) With gas tax revenue declining, some states want…
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  • Friday Video: Take a Spin on Boston’s Electric Cargo Bike Share

    Jul 12, 2024, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
    A great cargo bike can truly replace a car…if you can afford to buy, maintain and store it. For residents of Boston, though, there’s a new option: renting a Cargo B. Not to be confused with the rapper from the Bronx, Cargo B is one of America’s first…
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