Local Bike Advocates: E-Scooters Are Game-Changing
In Nashville, Kansas City and Baltimore, advocates raised a couple concerns. But they all say scooters seem to be meeting a real need.
January 14, 2019
Engineers to Pedestrians: No ‘Walk’ Signs for You!
The traffic engineering profession says intersections with no "Walk" signal are a-okay. Even as pedestrian deaths soar.
January 11, 2019
Bird Quietly Ends a Much-Hyped Bike Lane Subsidy
Many cities weren't collecting it anyway.
January 10, 2019
Uber and Lyft Don’t Reduce Cars. Transit Does.
Seattle is the only major city that really grew the number of car-free and car-light households in the last five years. It's also the only one that's really grown transit ridership.
January 8, 2019
Research Explains Why Pedestrians ‘Break the Rules’
Pedestrians behave unpredictably when the environment is not accommodating to them, new research using time-lapse video shows.
January 7, 2019
Richmond, Virginia Shows How to Boost Small-City Transit
Richmond built a bus rapid transit line and reorganized its bus routes. Ridership rose 21 percent in a year.
January 7, 2019
Other States Should Copy Utah’s New Drunk Driving Rule
The new law lowers the threshold for impairment to .05 blood-alcohol level — which is what experts recommend.
January 4, 2019
Check Out What Seattle Did with a Dead-End Street
Basketball anyone? One of the highlights from Seattle's Pavement to Parks program.
January 4, 2019
DC Metro Opens Door to Bikes During Rush Hour
Bikes will be allowed on the DC Metro, even at rush hour — a long-sought win for local advocates.
January 2, 2019
Streetsies 2018: The Year’s Best and Worst
Baltimore and Minneapolis are the big winners. The Koch brothers are the big losers.
January 2, 2019
