Cities, Counties, and Countries

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair

In the ebb and flow of a global health crisis that obscured another shadow pandemic of increased violence against women, it is time WMATA acts on their stated priorities and visibly resumes their efforts to combat bad behavior and improve public trust.

For four months last fall, my lifestyle changed dramatically when my husband and I lived car-free. Here's what I learned.

Walk Bike Berkeley has released a statement concerning what can only be described as a plot in city hall to destroy its long-fought-for protected bike lane project for Hopkins Street

For the global city that has put the world on notice over the past decade for embracing sustainable transport, Paris recently took a disappointing step backward by enacting a ban on shared scooters, known locally as trottinettes.

A new bill would encourage U.S. communities to use their federal safety dollars to fill the holes in city bike networks, and honor the legacy of an American hero who lost her life in one.

Don't let CEQA harm our university system by blocking much-needed housing

In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.

We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.