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November 2009
Fri 20: Wanted: Your Photos of Kids on Bikes 0
Fri 20: To Thrive, Suburbs Might Become More Urban 1
Thu 19: Blaming the Pedestrian, Again 4
Wed 18: U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety 1
Tue 17: How to Get More People Walking in Cincinnati? 0
Mon 16: "Building Cities Shouldn't Be a Partisan Issue" 1
Fri 13: Transit in Trouble Where You Live 6
Fri 13: Message to Florida DOT: The Time for Real Change Is Now 0
Thu 12: Tilting at Windmills in Minnesota 0
Wed 11: Around the Country, Calls for Pedestrian Safety Grow Louder 0
Tue 10: "All Infrastructure -- and No People" 1
Mon 9: Creating a Real Renaissance in Downtown Memphis 0
Fri 6: LA Kids Tell City Hall How to Improve Biking — Via YouTube 1
Thu 5: Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions 2
Thu 5: The Perils of Cul-de-Sac Development 0
Wed 4: There’s Safety in (Bike-Specific) Infrastructure 5
Tue 3: Demanding Safe Passage for Americans with Disabilities 2
Mon 2: Bike Lanes Everywhere You Look 0
October 2009
Sat 31: Bikes at Work Where You Live, Part 1 2
Fri 30: Bringing Farms to the Heartland -- of Suburbia 2
Thu 29: In Other Road Users We Trust (Because We Have To) 4
Wed 28: How to Reach Gen Y and Younger 0
Tue 27: Calling for Your Photos of Work Bikes 0
Tue 27: Leaders Need to Lead on Transit Funding 1
Mon 26: In Miami, a Step Forward for Pedestrians 0
Fri 23: Mobility as a Basic Human Right 1
Thu 22: Should Cities Try to Keep Out Big Chains? 12
Wed 21: Jaywalking as a Marker of Livable Streets 4
Tue 20: How Climate Change Affects Transportation Infrastructure 0
Mon 19: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Public Spaces 0
Fri 16: Space Hogs Where You Live 9
Thu 15: Make Smart Growth Affordable by Building More of It 0
Wed 14: Marketing Bike Boulevards to Non-Bikers 1
Tue 13: "Bicycling Is Healthy" -- So How Do We Encourage It? 0
Fri 9: Just Give Us a Place to Park Our Bikes 2
Thu 8: Click Here for More Livable Streets 0
Wed 7: The Importance of Child Care Within Walking Distance 1
Tue 6: Your Eyes on Your Streets: Space Hogs 10
Tue 6: Back to the Land in Detroit? 4
Mon 5: Advice for the Would-Be Car Free 0
Fri 2: Bike Traffic Where You Live 0
Fri 2: Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers 4
Thu 1: Can We Learn Something From the New Cowboys Stadium? 9
September 2009
Wed 30: Copenhagen Cycle Ambassador Says Bikes Are Hot 3
Tue 29: Are Two-Way Streets the Way of the Future? 12
Fri 25: A Legal Victory Against Road Expansion in Wisconsin 0
Thu 24: The Importance of Mobility for the World's Women 1
Wed 23: In Denver, They Get It: Bikes Are Good for Business 2
Tue 22: Wanted: Your Eyes on Your Streets 0
Mon 21: The Cost of Lowballing Light Rail Ridership Projections 1
Fri 18: Planning and Density: Who's Forcing Them? 1
Thu 17: Blaming Cyclists for Dangerous Roads: It Goes Way Back 0
Wed 16: In Dallas, You Don't Get What You Don't Pay For 1
Tue 15: Living Up to the Nation's Transit Potential 1
Mon 14: Highways and Rapid Transit: Should They Go Together? 0
Fri 11: “Summer Streets” Aren’t Enough 0
Thu 10: Building Codes to Deal With Abandoned Big Boxes 0
Wed 9: When Parking Spaces Are More Important Than Homes 1
Tue 8: A Livable Streets Renaissance in Savannah? 0
Fri 4: Intercity Trains: How Good Do Connections Need to Be? 4
Thu 3: The Brute Power of the Car 1
Wed 2: Portland Gets a Cycle Track, and All That Comes With It 3
Tue 1: Carrots Are Good for You, and So Are Sticks 2
August 2009
Mon 31: Car Culture and Drunk Driving - They Go Together 0
Fri 28: The Importance of Making the Connection 4
Thu 27: In Defense of High-Speed Rail 1
Wed 26: Of Froggy Dreams and Feral Houses 1
Tue 25: Bike Skirt Goes Car-Free in Birmingham 0
Mon 24: The Social Costs of Car-Free Living in Small Cities 2
Fri 21: Wanted: Streets Designed for All 1
Thu 20: Back-to-School Season Brings Bike-to-School Bans 0
Wed 19: Gauging a Transpo Bill's Chances in the Senate 1
Tue 18: Cyclonomics 1
Mon 17: The Blame Game 0
Fri 14: Remembering How the Roads Got Paved 2
Thu 13: It Actually Makes a Difference Where a Train Station Is Built 0
Wed 12: "No More Cars" vs. "Not More Cars" 3
Tue 11: Connecting Residential Density and Fuel Consumption 1
Mon 10: So Much Parking It Hurts 0
Fri 7: 'You Would Just Love to Lob Something at Their Heads' 22
Thu 6: Getting a Fair Share of the Road 2
Wed 5: Use Your Body and Your Brain Will Thank You 1
Tue 4: "Spatial Mismatch" and Why Density Alone Isn't Enough 1
Mon 3: Meet the Network: UrbanReviewSTL 0
July 2009
Fri 31: Pay Close Attention to the Following Message About Distraction 3
Thu 30: Complete Streets Could Help America Lose Weight, Says CDC 0
Wed 29: How Cars Destroy the Wilderness of Childhood 1
Tue 28: New Jersey Needs to Face Its Pedestrian Fatality Problem 0
Mon 27: The Transformative Potential of Bike Sharing 0
Fri 24: Fun and Games with Transportation 1
Thu 23: Fighting to Take Back Louisville's Waterfront 0
Wed 22: Vancouver Gives a Bridge Lane to Bikes 0
Tue 21: Turning a Blind Eye to the Risks of Auto Culture 2
Mon 20: How Much Do Bicyclists Really Slow Down Drivers? 6
Fri 17: Can We Create More Meaningful City Rankings? 1
Thu 16: Car-Sharing and the Case for a "Low-Car Diet" 9
Wed 15: In Flint, Trying to Reinvent a Shrinking City 0
Tue 14: Cities Must Become More Resilient to Survive 0
Mon 13: Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to your Health 2
Fri 10: All Aboard the Great Streetcar Debate 2
Thu 9: Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate 0
Wed 8: Riding the Broadband Superhighway to Work 1
Tue 7: Clicking to Connect with Government and Get Things Fixed 0
Mon 6: Paying for a More Comfortable Transit Ride 3
Thu 2: Another Step in Reducing Auto Dependence 0
Wed 1: Mind the Gender Gap 10
June 2009
Tue 30: We Are the World 2
Mon 29: Do Shiny New Roads “Only Make Idiots More Dangerous”? 0
Fri 26: If New Yorkers Don’t Value Transit, Who Will? 3
Thu 25: Everywhere a Sign 1
Wed 24: GAO Says We Need More Than a Vision for High Speed Rail 0
Tue 23: Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities 0
Mon 22: Have Red Light Speed Cameras Saved Lives in Virginia? 0
Fri 19: Less Parking, More Healthy Food 0
Thu 18: Bike and Ped Infrastructure Depends on Federal Funds, Too 0
Wed 17: The Failure of Design in Downtown New Haven 6
Tue 16: Now Arriving: Transit-Oriented Development 0
Mon 15: The Two-Wheeling Future of Fort Worth 2
Fri 12: New Urbanism, Old Urbanism and “Creative Destruction” 0
Thu 11: Will Memphis Rise to the Transit Challenge? 0
Wed 10: To Reduce Driving, Put a Real Price on Parking 5
Tue 9: The Rules of the Road Are Everyone's Responsibility 1
Mon 8: Putting the Chill on Sprawl in New Jersey 0
Fri 5: To Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities, Focus Enforcement on Cars 0
Thu 4: Slow Ride, Take It Easy 2
Wed 3: Getting Real About High-Speed Rail 0
Tue 2: Using the Hive Mind to Make Biking Safer 2
Mon 1: How the Autocentric Lifestyle Hurts Our Kids 3
May 2009
Fri 29: Making Room for People Rather Than Cars 0
Thu 28: We Need a Complete Solution to Climate Change 1
Wed 27: The Permanent Effect of Temporary Street Closures 0
Tue 26: The Sidewalks of San Francisco 1
Fri 22: A Pedestrian is Killed, So Let's Ticket -- Pedestrians? 1
Thu 21: T4America on How to Create Safer, Healthier Streets 0
Wed 20: Would Motorists Pay 15 Cents a Mile for No Traffic? 0
Tue 19: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Emphasis on Safety? 10
Mon 18: Van Jones and the Vision for a New Urban Environmentalism 0
Thu 14: In Missouri, State DOT Lobbies to Block Complete Streets 1
Wed 13: Can We Make Bike Commuting "Normal?" 2
Tue 12: Finding Effective Arguments for Funding Mass Transit 1
Mon 11: Imagine If People Really Drove the Speed Limit 1
Fri 8: Complete Streets Planning Becomes Law in Hawaii 0
Thu 7: Why Won't the Feds Encourage People to Go Car-Free? 3
Wed 6: Cycling and the Law: Where Does Education Begin? 0
Tue 5: Portland Bus Driver Says Let There Be Light...on Bikes 8
Mon 4: Experimenting with the Elimination of Traffic Lights 0
Fri 1: Complete Streets Could Hit a Speed Bump in Milwaukee 0
April 2009
Thu 30: Illinois Transit May Take a Hit; for Roads, It's Business as Usual 1
Wed 29: Fighting for Transit-Oriented Development in Wisconsin 1
Tue 28: Rep. McCarthy Needs to Check Facts on Bike-Sharing 2
Mon 27: Why Conservatives (and Everyone) Should Care About Transit 1
Fri 24: Danger: Journalist With Windshield Perspective Ahead 0
Thu 23: DOT Secy Wants "Sustained Engagement" from Bike Advocates 0
Wed 22: Transportation, Class and Housing: Making the Connections 0
Tue 21: Are Stimulus Funds Being Misused for New Jersey Roads? 0
Mon 20: Progress Through Undevelopment 0
Fri 17: The View of Congestion Pricing from Texas 0
Thu 16: Urban Revitalization Continues Amid Recession 0
Wed 15: America's Big Fat Road Problem 0
Tue 14: Reaching Across the Urban-Suburban Divide 2
Mon 13: Sen. Mikulski Supports Car Tax Breaks While Transit Languishes 1
Thu 9: Car-free in Montana 0
Wed 8: Safe Places for Senior Citizens to Walk 0
Tue 7: Driven to Distraction in America 1
Mon 6: Should St. Louis Make Mass Transit Free? 4
Fri 3: The Case Against the Cul-de-Sac: Build Streets That Connect 0
Thu 2: What Can We Learn From Oregon's Mileage Tax Experiment? 0
Wed 1: Accident vs. Crash: The View from Savannah 0
March 2009
Tue 31: Does Density Help Communities Weather Recession? 1
Mon 30: Safe Routes to Schools Need Funding in Pennsylvania 1
Fri 27: Passenger Rail Isn't Just for "Rail Buffs" 0
Thu 26: As Transit Is Gutted in Orange County, Freeways Set to Expand 0
Wed 25: Can the World Handle the World's Cheapest Car? 4
Tue 24: It's No Accident 2
Mon 23: Transit-Oriented Development: Beyond the Big City 0
Fri 20: Don't Let Fear Hold You Back 0
Thu 19: DOT and HUD Team Up for TOD 0
Wed 18: LaHood Talks Up Cities and Transit 1
Tue 17: Stim-Funded Highways to Nowhere 2
Mon 16: Traffic: Serious as a Heart Attack 0
Fri 13: A Potential Stimulus Horror Story from Franklin, Wisconsin 1
Thu 12: Is Equal Justice for Bicyclists on the Horizon? 1
Wed 11: Smarter Stimulus Spending 0
Tue 10: The True Cost of Moving to Cheaper Suburban Housing 1
Mon 9: Rebuilding Roads with "Practical Design" 0
Fri 6: A Proposal: Stimulus for Passenger Rail in Montana 0
Thu 5: Transit Funding Solutions, Parisian Edition 0
Wed 4: Just Words, Mr. President? 2
Tue 3: Public Spaces, Now More Than Ever 0
Mon 2: Declining Traffic: How Will It Affect U.S. Transportation? 0
February 2009
Fri 27: Transportation for America Launches Its Campaign Platform 0
Thu 26: A High-Speed Rail Roundup 0
Wed 25: The Case Against Home Ownership 7
Tue 24: What Does Beauty Have to Do With Sustainability? 0
Mon 23: The Mileage Tax Genie Is Out of the Bottle 0
Fri 20: The Definition of Speeding Shouldn't Be Relative 2
Thu 19: Listening to the President on Transportation 0
Wed 18: The Stimulus Bill: Time to Start Following the Money 0
Tue 17: Will Cities Get Some of the Stimulus Money? 0
Fri 13: The Challenges in Getting Transit Funded 0
Thu 12: Transit and Bikes: Meant for Each Other 0
Wed 11: An Attempt to Create Empathy in Drivers 5
Tue 10: Meet the New AASHTO? 0
Mon 9: Contrarian Thinking: Against Transportation 3
Fri 6: Columbus and Its Mall: This Marriage Can't Be Saved 2
Thu 5: What Does Profitability Mean for Transit? 1
Wed 4: Senate Stimulus Action Leaves the Network Cold 0
Tue 3: Can We Learn from China's Stimulus? 0
Mon 2: Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It's About the Law 5
January 2009
Fri 30: Thinking Big: What About an Interstate Rail System? 0
Thu 29: Onward to the Senate 0
Wed 28: Stimulus and Outrage Around the Network 1
Mon 26: Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service 1
Fri 23: A New Day for Atlanta -- and for Urbanism? 0
Thu 22: Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending 0
Wed 21: The Work That Needs to Be Done 2
Tue 20: Faster Isn't Better, and Cars Aren't Safer 2
Fri 16: Dissenting Views on Stimulus, in Congress and on Network 0
Thu 15: Bike, Ped Improvements Part of Portland's Stimulus Plan 0
Wed 14: What Might Cities Look Like in a World Without Oil? 0
Tue 13: Stimulus Forces Consideration of Transportation Priorities 0
Mon 12: Oberstar's Call to "Rebuild America," and Other Stimulus Notes 0
Fri 9: Cyclists Need More Than Bike Lanes 3