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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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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Downtown or Not Downtown

    Dec 14, 2023, 10:05 am By
    This week we’re back at the 2023 Mpact conference in Phoenix for the closing plenary, lead by Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy at USDOT Christopher Coes, about what’s happening in center cities and how to make them thrive…
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  • Fuzzy Math: How Governments Decide a Harmful Highway Is ‘Worth It’

    Dec 14, 2023, 8:39 am By Kea Wilson
    Advocates in Portland are debunking the economic justifications behind one of the nation’s most notorious highway mega-projects — and their efforts are offering a rare glimpse into the rat’s nest of errors, assumptions, and perverse incentives that…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines Call a Cab

    Dec 14, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is exploring ways to require automakers to install technology in cars that prevents drivers from getting behind the wheel while drunk, which could save 10,000 lives each year. (Washington Post) The Verge has a…
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  • Chicago to Lower Transit Speeds After NTSB Report on Crash

    Dec 13, 2023, 6:17 pm By John Greenfield
    This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. The CTA Yellow Line, aka the Skokie Swift, which runs between Skokie and Rogers Park, has remained out of commission for nearly a month since November 16, when a run crashed into a snow removal machine at Howard Street…
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  • Wednesday’s E-xcellent Headlines

    Dec 13, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Fast Company declared 2023 the Year of the E-Bike, with their “enticing cocktail” of low cost, convenience, health benefits and fun. Self-driving cars were a contender until their safety record took a hit, and high interest rates made continued investment…
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  • Third Pedestrian Killed in Three Months On Single Mile of Chicago Road

    Dec 12, 2023, 5:09 pm By John Greenfield
    Tragically, last Friday, one day after an off-duty police officer struck and killed a female pedestrian in River North, a hit-and-run SUV driver fatally struck a woman on foot in East Garfield Park. Also tragic: This was the third pedestrian fatality on or…
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  • Tuesday’s Headlines See the Light

    Dec 12, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    The New York Times looked into why pedestrian deaths at night are rising even faster in the U.S. than other times of day. There are lots of explanations — darkness itself, dangerous roads, bigger vehicles, drivers fiddling with their phones on their way home…
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  • Where Do You Start When Your Transit System Needs Everything?

    Dec 12, 2023, 12:00 am By Tim Lazaroff
    When your transit system needs everything, where do you start? That’s the puzzle faced by the MTA, a tangled mess of outdated infrastructure and bureaucracies, as it seeks to prioritize capital construction projects with a clear, comprehensive method known…
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  • S.F. Journalist Fans Anti-Bike Hate

    Dec 11, 2023, 9:00 pm By Roger Rudick
    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.…
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  • The Other Reason American Pedestrian Deaths are Rising After Dark

    Dec 11, 2023, 4:44 pm By Kea Wilson
    On Monday, New York Times asked a question that sustainable transportation advocates have been answering for decades: “Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying At Night?”To the Gray Lady’s credit, the article got a lot of things right. Authors Emily…
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  • Monday’s Headlines Get On the Bus

    Dec 11, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Forty of 61 projects currently funded by the Federal Transit Administration are bus rapid transit, the New York Times says in an explainer on BRT, which operates more like light rail than traditional city buses but at a fraction of the cost. While tailpipe…
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  • Latest White House Grants Show Promise for a Real Interstate Rail System

    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 am By Kea Wilson
    A new round of rail grants from the Biden administration could be planting the seeds for an interstate railway system that may someday rival the interstate highway system, some advocates say — and not just along the high speed rail corridors that will be its…
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  • Op-Ed: Why It’s So Hard to Get a Simple Red Light Camera

    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 am By Miriam Pinski
    There is an intersection near my house with a traffic light. When the light turns green and the pedestrian timer starts, I don’t cross. I pause first and wait. I’m not alone. The street is next to an elementary school, and during school hours, even the…
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  • Feds One Step Closer to Requiring Safety Standards for Lithium-ion Batteries

    Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 am By Julianne Cuba
    A congressional panel last week rubber-stamped a bill that would require the federal government to establish safety standards for the lithium-ion batteries that power delivery workers’ e-bikes — but the responsibility for securing better power packs will…
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  • Distracted Off-Duty Cop Jumped Curb and Killed Chicago Woman On Sidewalk

    Dec 8, 2023, 1:32 am By John Greenfield
    According to the traffic crash report, an off-duty Chicago police officer’s decision to pick up her dropped phone and take her eyes off the road resulted in tragedy, as she caused her SUV to veer onto the sidewalk and fatally strike a pedestrian. According…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Include Transit

    Dec 8, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    A recent study found a glaring gap in one of three countries’ climate plans they don’t incorporate public transit, even though reducing driving is crucial to bringing down carbon emissions. (Intelligent Transport) Smart Cities Dive has a year-end roundup…
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  • Calif. Using“Auxiliary Lane” Freeway Widening Loophole for Non-Aux Lane Projects

    Dec 7, 2023, 8:40 pm By Joe Linton
    Content warning: this one is wonky. It’s a sad tale, involving intricacies of state environmental law, and how agencies and departments – namely Metro and Caltrans – bypass environmental regulations in order to keep on widening freeways, so more drivers…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Sausage Making and the ADA

    Dec 7, 2023, 12:00 pm By Jeff Wood
    This week we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix and joined by Ron Brooks of Accessible Avenue.  We chat about service animal etiquette, the negotiation and implementation of ADA, and including people with disabilities in the equity conversation. You can…
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  • The Real Reason Assaults Against Transit Workers Are On The Rise

    Dec 7, 2023, 7:58 am By Kea Wilson
    Violent assaults on transit workers have tripled over the last 15 years — and researchers suspect the trend may be a symptom of broken social structures which transit agencies alone can’t solve. According to new research from the Urban Institute,…
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