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  • Calif. Projects Chosen for Climate Adaptation Funding

    Nov 6, 2023, 7:01 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. California…
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  • Feds Announce $16.4 Billion for Northeast Corridor Passenger Rail Projects

    Nov 6, 2023, 11:04 am By Christian MilNeil
    On Monday morning, Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced that they would finance over two dozen infrastructure upgrades that will enable faster, more frequent, and more reliable service along the Northeast Corridor rail lines between…
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  • Drivers Are Killing Our Children. We Need to Talk About It.

    Nov 6, 2023, 1:00 am By Hulya Gilbert
    A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished with permission. It relies on case studies from Australia, but many of its insights will, unfortunately be relevant to a U.S. audience. The deaths and injuries caused by car…
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  • Monday’s Headlines Want to Walk Safely

    Nov 6, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Are drivers terrorizing people into not walking? A recent study found that walking trips declined by 36 percent between 2019 and 2022, yet drivers are killing more pedestrians than ever. On the bright side, the use of e-scooters and bikeshares is up. (City…
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  • Wait, So Why is the NYC Mayor Comparing City Workers to Rats?

    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 am By Kevin Duggan
    So, let’s get this straight: why was the mayor comparing city workers to rats from a sadistic, long-discredited experiment? In his bizarre pep talk to Department of Transportation workers on Wednesday, when Mayor Adams likened them to rats who survived a…
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  • What New Yorkers Get — And Don’t Get — In The New Citi Bike Deal

    Nov 6, 2023, 12:00 am By Dave Colon
    Citi Bike and the Adams Administration announced some tweaks to their operating arrangement on Friday, with the largest tweak being the doubling of the current number of e-bikes in the system by the end of 2024. Going from 10,000 e-bikes to 20,000 e-bikes in a…
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  • Austin Becomes The Largest U.S. City to Eliminate Parking Minimums

    Nov 3, 2023, 2:02 pm By Kea Wilson
    Parking — you’re banished from the Austin city limits. Thanks to an 8-2 Council vote on Thursday, the mandatory installation of parking will become a thing of the past at virtually all new developments in the Texas capital, cementing the Violent Crown…
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  • Is Detroit ‘Reconnecting Communities,’ or Missing an Opportunity?

    Nov 3, 2023, 8:18 am By Kea Wilson
    A freeway-to-boulevard project that’s been held up as the poster child for the Biden administration’s transportation equity goals is sparking controversy among residents who worry it’s simply a “highway by another name” — and raising tough…
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  • Friday’s Headlines Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

    Nov 3, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Whether it’s fares or sales taxes, transit agencies rely too much on one source of revenue, making them susceptible to a “fiscal cliff” like the one many are facing now, according to a new Urban Institute report. They need to find more diverse sources of…
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  • Why Freeway Fighters Will Hold the Biggest Anti-Highway Rally in Texas

    Nov 3, 2023, 12:00 am By Kelsey Huse
    In August 2022, I met freeway fighters from all across Texas at the State Highway Building in downtown Austin. It was the day the Texas Transportation Commission would vote on their budget for 10 years of transportation projects. I held a banner reading “Do…
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  • Where L.A. City Is Quietly Removing Bike Lanes and Adding On-Street Car Parking

    Nov 2, 2023, 7:35 pm By Joe Linton
    Los Angeles City has been removing bike lanes. The practice probably is not widespread, but that is difficult to verify as the city does these removals with no notice, no reporting. Generally the city Transportation Department (LADOT) removes bike lanes to add…
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  • Talking Headways Podcast: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service

    Nov 2, 2023, 3:43 pm By Jeff Wood
    This week, we’re joined by transit expert and former general manager for three transit systems Ron Kilcoyne, who talks about the importance of running frequent transit service to attract riders and how agencies in the Bay Area are underserving the…
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  • Report: Americans Are Walking Less As Pedestrian Deaths Rise

    Nov 2, 2023, 1:00 pm By George Kevin Jordan
    Americans aren’t just ignoring 90’s house legend CeCe Peniston’s advice to “Keep On Walkin‘” as they pandemic wanes — they’re also jumping in their cars and driving vehicle trips back up near pre-pandemic levels, a new report finds. According…
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  • Five Ways to Pull U.S. Transit Agencies Out of the Fiscal ‘Death Spiral’

    Nov 2, 2023, 12:01 am By John Besche
    Agencies and policymakers can come together to pull U.S. transit out of its fiscal “death spiral” by focusing on low-cost moves to create a “virtuous cycle” of increased service, ridership and revenues, a new report argues. Across the country,…
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  • Thursday’s Headlines Think Bicyclers Are Nicer

    Nov 2, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    A recent study in the Journal for Environmental Psychology found that cyclists and pedestrians are more interested in the common good, which is not surprising because people on bikes or on foot interact with their surroundings rather than view them through a…
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  • Find Out Exactly How Much Your City Could Benefit By Investing In E-Bikes

    Nov 2, 2023, 12:00 am By Kea Wilson
    Advocates and local transportation leaders can find out exactly how much their community could gain by encouraging residents to swap car trips for e-bike rides — and how much bang for their buck they’re likely get if they adopt purchase incentive like…
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  • 2023 Was Chicago’s Busiest Bikeway Installation Year Ever

    Nov 1, 2023, 7:10 pm By John Greenfield
    This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Yesterday’s freak Halloween snow storm strongly indicates that the Chicago Department of Transportation’s busy 2023 bikeway installation season is winding to a close. Despite my recent comments that Chicago is…
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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Are Enjoying Our Candy

    Nov 1, 2023, 12:01 am By Blake Aued
    Due to range anxiety and cost, American demand for electric vehicles remains sluggish (Automotive News). But maybe that’s not such a bad thing, as Norway is finding out that its subsidies for EVs are encouraging more driving at the expense of biking and…
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  • How Even Modest Reductions in Parking Can Slash Your Rent

    Nov 1, 2023, 12:00 am By Kea Wilson
    Residents of New Jersey would reduce their yearly rent by $1,056 on average if their leaders would simply relax outdated rules that require developers to build car storage that many residents aren’t even using. In a new study from the Rutgers Center for Real…
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  • A San Franciscan Learns the Secret of NYC’s Safety: People in Public Space

    Nov 1, 2023, 12:00 am By Darrell Owens
    I recently visited the New York City for the first time, and was dazzled by how remarkably safe and vibrant the Big Apple felt at all times of the day. Back home in San Francisco, the relatively vacant Market Street area has long been uninviting after hours.…
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