Sarah Goodyear

In downtown Denver, walkable streets and cultural amenities like bookstores are a selling point. (Photo: Joshua G R via Flickr) What are people looking for when they search for a place to live? This morning on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring a couple of posts from people who have been trying to find home. Obviously, … Continued

We asked. You delivered. Again. This time, we were looking for photos of families on transit for one of our user-generated slide shows. You came through with pictures that show just how fun, relaxing, or even downright romantic it can be to ride buses and trains with the people you love. Enjoy. Many thanks to … Continued

In Charleston, bicycles are becoming ever more popular. Is the SC DOT paying attention? (Photo: gail des jardins via Flickr) Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring an impressive example of community organizing from Charleston Moves, in South Carolina. In just five days, the group collected nearly 2,000 signatures on a petition calling for bicycle … Continued

The proof is in the vote. (Image: UrbanSTL) Reports of transit-related victories are coming from two cities with bloggers in the Streetsblog Network this morning. First, from St. Louis, the news that Proposition A — a half-cent sales tax to fund St. Louis County’s Metro operations — passed, with 63 percent of voters approving. The … Continued

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we hear about new plans for Bus Rapid Transit from the blog of the Metropolitan Planning Council (the MPC is "an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization…[that] serves communities and residents by developing, promoting and implementing solutions for sound regional growth").

One of our favorite blogs in the Streetsblog Network is Rustwire.com, a great source of news and opinion from the Rust Belt of the Midwest. Today they're featuring a guest editorial that asks some tough questions about smaller cities in the region that are struggling to retain young, ambitious citizens. Often, those youthful strivers want to go to where the perceived regional action is -- Chicago. Is this an inevitable shift? What do smaller cities have to offer? Can they or should they try harder to retain young professionals?

What is your commute taking out of you? (Photo: Stewart via Flickr) Earlier this week, David Brooks wrote a column in the New York Times about the real roots of personal happiness that got a lot of attention. Among other things, it contained the news flash that commuting makes us miserable. That is certainly true … Continued

Florida DOT’s windshield perspective isn’t good enough anymore. (Photo: wallyg via Flickr) For decades, the automobile has been the central organizing principle for planning in South Florida, a primacy that hasn’t often been questioned. But there are signs that things are changing.  Today on the Streetsblog Network, Transit Miami reports that advocates of traffic calming … Continued