Cities, Counties, and Countries

A project to transform 8th from a deadly speedway back into a residential street is making real progress

Megan Wier, OakDOT Assistant Director, will step in to run the agency starting March 11

Correction, 3/27 - the headline of an earlier version of this story indicated that "Oakland" ripped out the bike lane. Streetsblog spoke directly with the man pictured in the lead image who identified himself and his crew as independent contractors working for "the city." Streetsblog has since learned that the crew was actually working for the Port of Oakland, which apparently has jurisdiction over this section of street. While Port operations are separate from the city bureaucracy, the Port's Commissioners are appointed by the mayor and the Oakland City Councilmembers (for four-year terms).

This week, let's talk about transit funding in general and the Roosevelt Boulevard subway in Philadelphia, specifically.

America's oldest city-wide Vision Zero goal is turning 10. What can other cities learn from their experiences?

Dangerous drivers would be forced to slow down thanks to in-car technology under a first-in-the-nation bill that just passed in the Washington, D.C. City Council.

Moving forward, these projects have to happen faster — lives literally depend on it

And will American cities follow their lead?

Long anticipated, long delayed, in a few years at least one east/west street in downtown Oakland will have a touch of Dutch to it