Cities, Counties, and Countries

It's sure to be a boon for SEPTA, the environment, and city employees’ quality of life, but can it be a model for other cities?

The post Philly Gives City Workers Free Transit. Can Other Cities Follow? appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

Sharrows and paint don't make anyone feel safe. But are they really worse than nothing at all?

The post Study: Some Paint-Only Bike Lanes May Increase Crashes appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

"Right now, AV-makers would have us believe that all of our transportation concerns will go away if we simply replace human drivers with computers. But we know this is not true."

The post AVs Aren’t Solving our Transportation Problems; They’re Automating Them appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

A new study explores what it really takes to cut VMT, and how communities can craft effective plans to transition out of car dependency.

The post Which Car-Cutting Strategies Really Work — And Which Ones Will We Accept? appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

A long-fought high speed rail project may be coming back from the dead — and what happens next could be instructive for other communities hoping to someday run trains in highway-dominated states. 

The post What Will It Take to Build a Bullet Train in Texas? appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

The subtle wording of American pedestrian safety laws reveals a lot about whose lives we prioritize on our roads — especially compared with the same policies in Denmark.

The post Opinion: How American vs. Danish Pedestrian Laws Stack Up appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

Building highway lanes will never, ever, ever get America's traffic problems under control — but a new study suggests that investing in other modes will, even when a massive pop star is in town.

The post How One City Used Transit to Cut Traffic During a Taylor Swift Mega-Concert appeared first on Streetsblog USA.