HUD Expected to Loosen Restrictions on Mixed-Use Financing Soon
Apr 2, 2014, 11:46 am By Ben Fried
As Smart Growth America showed us earlier today, the costs of sprawl are high. So it’s a bitter…Are Sidewalks Really Necessary?
Apr 1, 2014, 11:24 am By Angie Schmitt
A lot of big, surprising revelations are happening in the livable streets movement around the…Reno’s 3-Foot Passing Law Gets Some Teeth
Apr 1, 2014, 10:10 am By Angie SchmittAt last week’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee we learned that the oft rumored law enforcement…Walkable or Easily Drivable? Communities Can’t be Both
Mar 31, 2014, 10:50 am By Angie Schmitt
There’s a contentious debate happening in greater Portland about a highway expansion. Suburbanites…Florida Highway Patrol Targets Dangerous Intersections
Mar 28, 2014, 11:53 am By Angie SchmittThanks to FHP, and LT Greg Bueno for leading this bike/ped safety education and enforcement…A Hard-Fought Legislative Victory for Indianapolis Transit
Mar 28, 2014, 11:05 am By Angie SchmittIndianapolis might not be known as a transit city — yet — but a legislative breakthrough at the…The Fight Over Parking Minimums in Seattle
Mar 27, 2014, 10:58 am By Angie SchmittMost people love free parking, so it’s no surprise why there is a controversy when urban planners…Philadelphia Pedestrian Plaza Welcomed by 98% of Neighbors
Mar 27, 2014, 10:58 am By Angie Schmitt
An overwhelming majority of neighborhood residents favor a plan to turn this Philadelphia street —…Golly, I Wish I had a Smaller House
10:52am By Angie SchmittI’m pretty set on adopting a dog. I check the SPCA website every week and fantasize about…Catching Hit-and-Run Drivers With Amber Alerts
10:50am By Angie Schmitt
A Portland woman whose son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver has proposed a new method to…Tell USDOT: Bicyclists’ Safety Counts!
Tue 10:33am By Angie SchmittThere is only one acceptable number: 0. While cities like New York and San Francisco have set…Graphed: While Gas Tax Erodes, Transit Fares Climb
Tue 9:56am By Angie Schmitt
Fares for St. Louis’s Metro transit system are rising steadily and outpacing inflation while the…Amtrak’s Marketing Overture to Millennials
Mar 24, 2014, 10:48 am By Angie SchmittChalk up a win for the Amtrak marketing team, which has drummed up a ton of media coverage with…A (Quiet) Bike Renaissance in Rockville, Maryland
Mar 21, 2014, 10:36 am By Brad Aaron
The DC suburb of Rockville, Maryland, is quietly becoming a bike-friendly city. Greater Greater…Should Streets Be Designed for Easy Double-Parking or Safe Bicycling?
Mar 20, 2014, 10:15 am By Ben Fried
Making this safety redesign happen depends on officials’ willingness to tackle the double-parking…Who Pays for “Free” Park-and-Ride Parking?
Mar 19, 2014, 10:36 am By Brad Aaron
Park-and-ride lots, writes Matt Steele at Streets.mn, are the “darling infrastructure of the…Parking Politics Take a Bite Out of Downtown Raleigh
Mar 18, 2014, 10:30 am By Ben Fried
Donald Shoup, the godfather of parking policy, likes to point out that city planners make decisions…New Rental Industry Frontier: Single-Family Suburban Houses
Mar 17, 2014, 11:00 am By Angie Schmitt
For a while now, theorists have portended dramatic changes in the character and structure of…You Can’t Attract Walkable Retail Without Walkable Housing
Mar 14, 2014, 10:44 am By Angie Schmitt
Some who want to live near amenities that come from having a lot of people living relatively close…The Destructive Allure of “Free Money” for Highways
Mar 13, 2014, 11:02 am By Angie Schmitt
In Patrick Kennedy’s campaign to tear down Interstate 345 in Dallas – a vision he…
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