Opinion: What If We’re Thinking About Impaired Driving All Wrong?
Let's pull back the cover on some seemingly shocking stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
December 19, 2022
The Streetsblog Interview: New Head of Zipcar on Equity, Congestion and Parking
As the city hopes to reduce its dependence on private automobiles in order to cut back on congestion, emissions and traffic violence, it’s also looking to expand its carshare program. So we talked to the head of Zipcar about the company's prospects in New York.
December 19, 2022
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December 19, 2022
New York’s Mayor Adams Will Create a ‘Public Realm Czar’
The new public space czar would become the central node to oversee the different agencies that affect all public realm policies and projects, including the departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation.
December 16, 2022
How Traffic Engineers Blame You for Their Profession’s Mistakes
"[Street design and land use] together are at the root cause of a lot of the traffic safety challenges we see across the country,” said Mike Lydon, founding principal of Street Plans. “And to completely fail to acknowledge that, to not internalize that and figure out that that's the responsibility of the engineer, is a problem and it’s misguided.”
December 16, 2022
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December 16, 2022
Casualty of Parking Meter Modernization: Bike Parking
SFMTA has a habit of making bike parking more complicated than it has to be.
December 15, 2022
Big Auto’s Fuel Economy Plateau is Especially Bad News for Pedestrians
Average fuel economy on new U.S. vehicles has hit a troubling plateau last year, a new federal report finds — and the reason why is particularly bad news for vulnerable road users, in addition to the planet at large.
December 15, 2022
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December 15, 2022
Commentary: Time for a ‘Grand Embarcadero’
It's time for the Embarcadero freeway tear-down to finally get completed
December 14, 2022
