How State DOTs Brush Off the Discriminatory Impact of Highway Projects
Mar 5, 2015, 11:03 am By Angie Schmitt
The state of Wisconsin is planning to spend $850 million rebuilding and widening this highway…Seattle Mayor: “More Choices Means Fewer Cars on Our Streets”
Mar 4, 2015, 11:43 am By Angie Schmitt
Move Seattle calls for expanding frequent transit service to reach more of the city. Image: City of…Bike share coming to Atlanta
Mar 4, 2015, 10:57 am By Angie SchmittThe City of Atlanta has just inked a deal that will bring bike sharing here this year, along with a…The Terrible 60-Year-Old Parking Advice That’s Still Haunting America
Mar 3, 2015, 11:11 am By Angie Schmitt
Where did we go wrong? Photo: @aGuyonClematis via Twitter Scenes like the one above — enormous…Connecticut Uniquely Positioned for Congestion Pricing, but Legislators Must Seize the Opportunity
Mar 3, 2015, 10:44 am By Angie SchmittIf last week’s hearing on tolls at Connecticut’s borders did anything, it strengthened the…To Put Transit on Stronger Footing, Stop Lavish Subsidies for Driving
Mar 2, 2015, 11:39 am By Angie Schmitt
How to get more transit riders, via Cap’n Transit There’s an…The Enormous Promise of a Carbon Tax-and-Dividend
Feb 27, 2015, 11:25 am By Angie Schmitt
Absent any foreseeable action from Washington, some states and localities are stepping up with…Is Wisconsin Lying About Traffic Counts to Promote $1.2 Billion Highway?
Feb 27, 2015, 11:12 am By Angie SchmittWisDOT uses traffic projections produced by the South East Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission…The Remarkable Drop in Car Commuting to Downtown Seattle
11:26am By Angie Schmitt
As Seattle has invested more in transit and developed housing downtown, the share of workers who…Codes and Roads: Why We’re Still Building Sprawl
10:02am By Angie SchmittAt CityLab, Alana Samuels posed a great question: Why are developers still building sprawl? Even as…The “Urban Renewal Mindset” Persists in St. Louis
Wed 11:18am By Angie Schmitt
This building would be razed to make way for a new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus in…Top Ten Ways to Hate on Pedestrians
Wed 10:40am By Angie SchmittSo there you stand. The Gatekeeper. Tasked with defending the great bastion of Motordom and…In Major Shift, Central Cities Edging Out Sprawl in Competition for Jobs
Feb 24, 2015, 11:03 am By Angie Schmitt
Dramatic reversal: Jobs are moving back downtown. Graph: City Observatory Job sprawl — picture…Some Surprising Results of a Market-Pricing Parking Experiment
Feb 24, 2015, 10:32 am By Angie SchmittParking is one of those things everyone in Berkeley complains about (ironic for a city that is…You Can Make a More Effective Bus System for Cheap, But It’s Not Easy
Feb 23, 2015, 11:21 am By Angie Schmitt
Houston’s bus system redesign forced some tough decisions. Click to enlarge. Map: Human Transit…Despite Media Hysteria, Transit is Safer than Driving
Feb 23, 2015, 10:38 am By Angie Schmittby Jonathan Krall The media pays a lot more attention to bicycle and pedestrian fatalities than it…50 Years After a Highway Revolt, a Quiet Surrender
Feb 20, 2015, 11:11 am By Angie Schmitt
Can cities that won highway fights two generations ago still defeat destructive road projects today?…America’s Heartless Transportation System at Work
Feb 19, 2015, 11:08 am By Angie Schmitt
Fedora Henderson, 31, was struck from behind and killed by a snow plow driver earlier this week in…Freeway-Style Signs Send Drivers the Wrong Message
Feb 19, 2015, 10:58 am By Angie Schmittby Sean Emerson Signs above intersections can help drivers find their way. But large, freeway-style…Portland Sued Over Faded Crosswalk Where Driver Killed Two People
Feb 18, 2015, 11:00 am By Angie Schmitt
The family of a young woman who was killed trying to cross a Portland road is suing the city for not…
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