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  • Tuesday’s Headlines Look for a Home

    Mar 5, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Yonah Freemark writes that the federal government can help alleviate the rising cost of living by funding transit-oriented development, allowing people to spend less money on cars. (Urban Institute, Streetsblog) Cities should be funding bike- and…
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  • California Launches New Transportation Equity Tool

    Mar 4, 2024, 5:38 pm By Melanie Curry
    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…
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  • PROWAG Can Make Cities More Accessible — So Here’s What You Need to Know

    Mar 4, 2024, 12:02 am By Marissa Bell
    ​​Accessibility in the United States has been guided by the Americans with Disabilities Act since the 1990s — but it doesn’t touch on the public right of way. Fortunately, the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines — also known as PROWAG —…
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  • Understanding Car Culture ‘Denialism’ Can Help Safety Advocates Respond

    Mar 4, 2024, 12:02 am By Alex Morano
    I’ve been there many times: engaged in conversation with a car enthusiast where attempts to promote or even mention transit alternatives hit an aggressive roadblock. The person I’m talking with refuses to acknowledge whatever facts I offer or deflects my…
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  • Monday’s Headlines Don’t Throw Money at Roads

    Mar 4, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    States have spent more than half the funding they received from the bipartisan infrastructure bill — about $70 billion — on roads, and only a fifth on transit (The Guardian). Transportation for America called the road spending a “climate time bomb.”…
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  • Experts Urge Feds To Get Impaired Driving Tech Right — And They Need Your Help

    Mar 3, 2024, 10:39 pm By Kea Wilson
    Regulators must require drunk driving prevention technology on all new cars without delay, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for other tech solutions that could someday stop drugged, fatigued, and distracted driving, too, experts say. On Thursday, a…
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  • NYC Debuts Public E-Bike Charging for Delivery Workers

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:02 am By Julianne Cuba
    Finally, they’re taking charge! The city’s first public e-bike charging station opened in Cooper Square on Thursday — the start of an overdue six-month pilot that is part of a “Charge Safe Ride Safe Action Plan” for delivery workers that Mayor Adams…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Have Questions

    Mar 1, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Despite e-bikes’ environmental benefits, new research calls into question the cost-effectiveness of incentives, because 80 percent of people who buy an e-bike would have done so without a discount (The Conversation). The best way to maximize the return on…
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  • To Recruit Transit Workers, More Than Just Higher Pay Is Needed

    Feb 29, 2024, 3:33 pm By Melanie Curry
    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. Labor…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Streets for Skateboards

    Feb 29, 2024, 12:27 pm By Jeff Wood
    This week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding and last year’s incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb.…
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  • Agencies Need to Use Federal Funding to Buy Land for Transit Oriented Development

    Feb 29, 2024, 6:42 am By Yonah Freemark
    This piece was originally published on Urban Wire, the blog of the Urban Institute. Housing in the United States became even less affordable for the average American in 2023, thanks to high mortgage rates and sales costs that have risen more quickly than…
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  • On Eve of Congestion Pricing, Plate Scams at NYC Bridge Tolls are Way Up

    Feb 29, 2024, 12:02 am By Dave Colon
    Toll evasion at MTA bridges and tunnels is soaring in three fraud-based categories, highlighting the challenges the MTA will face as it gets closer to flipping the switch on congestion pricing in June. In a presentation to the MTA Board on Wednesday, MTA…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines Walk on By

    Feb 29, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    The number of pedestrian deaths in the U.S. fell by 4 percent in the first half of 2023, but at 3,373 remains significantly higher than before the pandemic. One expert told NPR that more cities have embraced Vision Zero since the spike, but safety improvements…
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  • How the Next Generation of Mobility Justice Leaders Are Fighting For Transportation Equity

    Feb 28, 2024, 10:06 am By Streetsblog
    Whether they call it “transportation equity,” “mobility justice,” or something else entirely, it seems like more and more people are talking about how our culture and policy choices impact the most marginalized on our roads and beyond. But what do…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Escalated Quickly

    Feb 28, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    If you build bike lanes, bikes will come, according to a new study out of Ireland. But if you want to avoid bikelash, better consult with everyone first. (Momentum Mag) While traffic safety is at least now recognized as a “shared responsibility,” not…
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  • Divorce NY Style: The Council and DOT Have Moved to Splitsville

    Feb 28, 2024, 12:00 am By
    It’s the battle of who could care less — and safety is losing. Buried in last week’s report that officially confirmed the Department of Transportation’s failure to meet legal benchmarks for bus- and bike-lane construction was this juicy tidbit: Out of…
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  • Tuesday’s Headlines Are Distracted

    Feb 27, 2024, 12:34 am By Blake Aued
    American drivers use their phones while behind the wheel more often than Europeans, according to data gathered by a contractor for insurance companies, which helps explain the growing disparity in traffic deaths between the U.S. and Europe. (Vox) Electric…
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  • Pedestrian Deaths Are Down — But Are Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic

    Feb 27, 2024, 12:02 am By Kea Wilson
    America experienced a modest but heartening decrease in pedestrian deaths in the first half of last year, a new analysis projects — but the death toll is still higher than before the pandemic, and in some states, it’s rapidly on the rise. According to a…
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  • Who Regrets Tearing Down the Embarcadero Freeway?

    Feb 26, 2024, 7:46 pm By John King
    Editor note: whenever the conversation turns to removing I-980 in Oakland and the 101 and 280 spurs in San Francisco, it’s a good idea to remember that a few decades ago voters were dead-set against removing the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco. In…
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  • Monday’s Headlines Likes Stadiums Without Parking

    Feb 26, 2024, 12:03 am By Blake Aued
    The lack of parking at Kansas City’s new soccer stadium is a feature, not a bug. (Star) Fare-free transit is helpful for low-income workers, but also subsidizes those who can afford to pay while leaving transit agencies without enough revenue to pay drivers.…
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