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  • Task Force Meets to Address the Future of California Transit

    Jan 4, 2024, 3:51 pm By Laurel Paget-Seekins
    The California legislature, recognizing that its recent funding bump for public transportation is not enough to address the many critical issues faced by transit agencies, called for the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a task force…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Narrow the Lanes!

    Jan 4, 2024, 9:15 am By Jeff Wood
    This week, we’re joined by Dr. Shima Hamidi, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, to talk about the report: A National Investigation of the Impacts of Lane Width on Traffic Safety, which shows that narrowing street widths can create more…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines Don’t Need Parking

    Jan 4, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    All Things Considered covered the dozens of cities that are getting rid of minimum parking requirements in an effort to promote walkability and bring down housing costs. (NPR) As a possible government shutdown looms, Congress is headed for a showdown over…
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  • An Albanian City Should Inspire America to Go Big on ‘School Streets’

    Jan 4, 2024, 12:00 am By Kea Wilson
    One European city is on track to bring the revolutionary “school streets” model to every child who lives within it borders — and it’s throwing down the gauntlet to U.S. communities that have been slow to embrace the game-changing concept. Last week,…
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  • L.A. Transit, Walk, and Bike Advocates Still Have Unfinished Business From 2023

    Jan 3, 2024, 8:25 pm By Joe Linton
    2023 may be over, but here’s a look back at some pending issues that Streetsblog LA hoped might be finished by now. Downtown Metro Station Bike/Walk Connections Metro, with sign-off from the L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT), shortchanged riders…
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  • Study: Improving Bike Network Can Keep Scooter Riders Off Sidewalks

    Jan 3, 2024, 4:55 pm By Sharon Hoyer
    This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Ask any Chicagoan’s opinion on the shared electric scooters that descended on the city at the start of the decade and responses will range from enthusiasm for a fun car-free micro-mobility option, to irritation at a…
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  • Why Red States Are Suing to Hide Their Dirty Emissions

    Jan 3, 2024, 7:29 am By Kea Wilson
    America’s critical transportation climate rules are in jeopardy even before they’re enacted, thanks to a new lawsuit by a coalition of red states aimed at halting progress towards the even stricter standards that advocates say we need. Just before the…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Give Off Good Vibes

    Jan 3, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    People often use vibes as their guide when thinking about what they can do to help the environment, choosing things like recycling and low-energy light bulbs that have little impact over actions like getting rid of their car or avoiding flying that have huge…
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  • Labor Gains: NYC Delivery Workers Say New Minimum Wage Lets Them Ride Safely

    Jan 3, 2024, 12:00 am By Julianne Cuba
    Time is money — and safer streets.  The city’s new minimum pay rate for delivery workers, which went into effect late in 2023 after numerous legal challenges, is incentivizing workers to slow down, stop at red lights, and follow the rules of the road —…
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  • Tuesday’s Happy New Year Headlines

    Jan 2, 2024, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    The latest version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices — which state and local engineers use to design roads — places a higher priority on safety, but not enough for many advocates. (NPR) Twenty-one states have joined a lawsuit against the…
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  • Eight New Year’s Resolutions For Transportation Decisionmakers

    Jan 2, 2024, 12:00 am By Streetsblog
    The book is closed on 2023, so its time for governments at all levels to make bold New Year’s resolutions that will make 2024 greener, safer, and all-around less car-dominated. Last year, we asked Streetsblog readers about their personal advocacy goals for…
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  • In 2023, NYC’s Ambitious ‘Streets Master Plan’ Was Just Pretty Paper And Maps

    Jan 2, 2024, 12:00 am By Dave Colon
    In 2023, Mayor Adams failed spectacularly in meeting a legal mandate to construct 50 miles of protected bike lanes and 30 miles of protected or “enhanced” bus lanes. It was the second consecutive year that the two-year-old Adams administration fell short…
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  • Chicago takes steps to help ensure free New Years Eve transit service won’t be terrible again this year

    Dec 29, 2023, 4:38 pm By John Greenfield
    This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. One thing that’s great about living in Chicagoland is that if you’re working or going out on the town on New Year’s Eve, the CTA, Metra, and Pace all offer free rides. (Granted, while drinking alcohol is usually…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Are the Last of 2023

    Dec 29, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Trains‘ year in review includes stories about transit’s funding struggles in Boston and Washington, D.C., as well as new systems launching in Honolulu and Montreal. Electric bus manufacturer Proterra’s bankruptcy tops Mass Transit‘s list of the top 10…
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  • What Does Bird’s Bankruptcy Mean for Micromobility?

    Dec 28, 2023, 9:49 am By Kea Wilson
    One of America’s iconic micromobility companies has filed for Chapter 11 — but some advocates say that could signal a more stable chapter for the industry on the whole, rather than its death knell. Just before Christmas, Bird Global announced that it…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines ‘Round About Midnight

    Dec 28, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Roundabouts are safer than signalized intersections, but most parts of the U.S. don’t have many, thanks to overzealous engineers and traffic-light salesmen. (Clean Technica) Assaults on transit workers more than double between 2008 and 2021, according to…
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  • 2023 Was the Year of Metro Freeway Widening

    Dec 27, 2023, 5:22 pm By Joe Linton
    2023 was the year of Metro freeway expansion. Metro, in partnership with Caltrans District 7, finished more than $3 billion worth of freeway widening projects, yet there’s no end in sight for continued massive L.A. County freeway widening. This year,…
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  • Guest Column: With Data, We Can Design Bus Stops to Make People Feel Happy

    Dec 27, 2023, 9:00 am By Ann Sussman
    When you hear about a space designed to be accessible that has an oasis of felt plants, potted 20-foot-tall trees, and stenciled flowers, a bus stop is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, that’s what bus riders in the City of Chelsea have…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Hyperlose

    Dec 27, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Long-running start-up Hyperloop One is shutting down on December 31, which is maybe a sign that we should just build normal trains already. (Tech Crunch)  The Biden administration is proposing tax credits for hydrogen production that could replace fossil…
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  • Who’s Afraid of a Class-3 E-Bike?

    Dec 27, 2023, 12:00 am By Kea Wilson
    A few weeks ago, I accomplished a feat this phys ed dropout never thought possible: I reached 28 miles per hour on a bicycle. To be clear, that’s not a humble brag. I did it on a Class-3 electric bike which I’d borrowed from manufacturer Trek, mostly to…
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