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  • They’re Driving To America: Neil Diamond Musical’s Anti-Congestion Pricing Stunt Irks New Yorkers

    Dec 27, 2023, 12:00 am By Dave Colon
    It’s a song sung blue: A Broadway producer is so opposed to congestion pricing that he’ll refund the still-non-existent toll for drivers to see his show — contributing to the gridlock that turns the Theater District into a parking lot. Producer Ken…
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  • 2023 in Review: Who is NYC’s Activist of the Year?

    Dec 27, 2023, 12:00 am By David Meyer
    Little changes on New York City’s streets without fighting for it, and 2023 presented ample opportunities for New Yorkers who want better streets for biking, walking and transit to do just that. As the Adams administration fell short of its own commitments…
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  • Tuesday’s Headlines, Post-Christmas Edition

    Dec 26, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Bird may be going bankrupt, but micromobility trips are still on the rise, making the service increasingly indispensable to cities, paving the way for subsidized or city-owned bike- and scooter-shares. (The Verge) Cumbersome city permitting threatens a Biden…
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  • States, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’

    Dec 26, 2023, 12:00 am By Jenn Fox
    A version of this article originally appeared on Vision Zero Network. Read the original here. As local, regional and tribal communities in the U.S. commit to Vision Zero in record numbers, the national Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and stepped-up federal…
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  • The Best News of 2023 For Sustainable Transportation Advocates

    Dec 22, 2023, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
    Yesterday, we took a look at some of the lowlights of the last year in the movement to end car dependency in America. Our list of highlights, though, is a lot longer — and it foreshadows an even brighter year ahead. Way back in February, the Biden…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Narrow It Down

    Dec 22, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    A new Johns Hopkins study found that narrowing lanes to force drivers to slow down is safer than the conventional wisdom that wide, safe roads allow for driver error (Forbes). And the more traffic engineers adopt that mindset, the better (CNU Public Square).…
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  • L.A. Metro Touts Full Year of Transit Ridership Growth

    Dec 21, 2023, 5:35 pm By Joe Linton
    Southern California transit ridership had a pretty good year. Metro ridership, recently increasing, continued its upward trends. This week, Metro released November ridership figures showing an 11.3 percent increase in total system ridership compared to…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Congressman Earl Blumenauer

    Dec 21, 2023, 12:11 pm By Jeff Wood
    This week we’re joined once again by legendary Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District. We chat about connections between health care, food and transportation, progress on the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
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  • The Worst News of 2023 For Sustainable Transportation Advocates

    Dec 21, 2023, 12:01 am By Streetsblog
    There was a lot to celebrate in the movement to end car dependency this year … but we’re not talking about that today. To get the bad news out of the way first: 2023 was a rocky year for sustainable transportation advocates across the country, starting…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines Wait Outside

    Dec 21, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Intercity bus stations are closing because operators like Greyhound are selling the valuable real estate to investors, leaving passengers to wait on the curb or in stations on the outskirts of town (CNN). It’s a topic Streetsblog explored last month. The…
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  • L.A. Times Does Excellent Deep Dive on Dooring

    8:28pm 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. Today’s L.A. Times has a…
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  • Anatomy of a Complete Streets Policy

    7:25pm 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 idea had…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Would Like to Downsize

    12:01am By Blake Aued
    David Zipper in Slate traced the long history of ever-bigger and deadlier pickups and SUVs, from the marketing schemes that convinced the public to ditch station wagons for a more “manly” — and profitable — option to the federal government’s…
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  • Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!

    Tue 6:44pm By Kea Wilson
    Eighty-six the 85th! The long-awaited revision of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices gives engineers new flexibility to design streets for safety, including downplaying the hated “85th percentile rule” for setting speed limits — but some…
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  • Tuesday’s Headlines Join Forces

    Tue 12:01am By Blake Aued
    Criminal justice reform advocates should be joining with transportation safety advocates to demand safely designed streets as an alternative to more traffic enforcement. (Convergence) Automakers are trying to talk the Biden administration into slowing down the…
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  • Opinion: Transport Officials Should Embrace Greenhouse Gas Emission Measurements, Not Fight Them

    Tue 12:00am By Kevin DeGood
    Transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States. And within the transportation sector, the overwhelming majority of planet-warming emissions come from light duty vehicles like cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles. The…
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  • Baby, Friday’s Headlines Can Drive My Car

    Dec 15, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Tesla recalled two million vehicles equipped with its much-maligned Autopilot technology, but it should have happened sooner, and a mere software update probably isn’t going to fix the problem. (Bloomberg) In the wake of Cruise’s safety scandal, lobbyists…
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  • Highway Expansion Project Not Approved by California Transportation Commission

    Dec 14, 2023, 3:06 pm By Melanie Curry
    A rare thing happened last week at the California Transportation Commission meeting: a highway widening project failed to receive the usual rubber-stamped approval from the commissioners. In some ways, the vote was a fluke. But it is also a warning to highway…
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  • ‘Fuck Cars’: Comics Enraged After Brooklyn-Based Performer is Killed by Driver

    Dec 14, 2023, 1:57 pm By Julianne Cuba
    This is no fucking joke. Comedians across the country are calling out the dangers of cars and the need for better cycling infrastructure after one of their own was killed by a driver while biking in Brooklyn last week.  Few details are known about the crash…
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  • Hundreds of Vision Zero Projects Get Mega Biden Bucks

    Dec 14, 2023, 1:38 pm By Gersh Kuntzman
    One of New York City’s biggest projects is now also one of the Biden Administration’s biggest. The redesign of Queens Boulevard — an epic, decade-long struggle to add a bike lane to a roadway once known as the Boulevard of Death — was the top…
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