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Talking Headways Podcast: Charlotte’s Urban Web
Mary Newsom of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute joins me this week to discuss everything Charlotte, from its beginnings as a crossroads of Native American pathways to its current incarnation as a fast-growing metropolis. The enormous growth of the region, she says, includes a recent surge of suburban subdivisions that were lying in wait during the recession.
June 26, 2015
Senate Committee Passes DRIVE Act Unanimously After Some Tinkering
Given the bipartisan gushing that accompanied the release of the DRIVE Act on Tuesday, it came as no surprise that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the bill unanimously yesterday, with more gushing for good measure.
June 25, 2015
Calgary Opens a Downtown Protected Bike Lane Network All at Once
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
June 22, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: The Sharing Economy, Robots, and You
On this week's podcast, Brooks Rainwater, director of the at the National League of Cities City Solutions and Applied Research Center, tells us about their new report, Shifting Perceptions of Collaborative Consumption, which gauges perceptions of city leaders on the sharing economy. What is the "sharing economy," actually, and are companies like Uber and Lyft really a part of it? Hear what Brooks has to say.
June 19, 2015
A Quick Guide to the State of Transpo Policy on Capitol Hill
Coming back to Streetsblog after a few months away, I needed to get up to speed on the latest with transportation-related legislation, and I thought some of you might too. Here’s what you need to know:
June 19, 2015
Here’s How 45 Firms Explained Why They’re Moving Downtown
Two or three decades ago, the standard criteria for choosing an office location was often, "Where does the boss live?” says land use strategist Christopher Leinberger. And the boss inevitably lived in a car-oriented suburb.
June 19, 2015
To Improve Biking and Walking, Seattle Uses Posts That Can Take a Punch
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
June 16, 2015
Toronto City Council Blows Its Chance to Transform Downtown
Tearing down Toronto's Gardiner East Expressway would remove a hulking blight from downtown, improve access to the waterfront, open up land for walkable development, and save hundreds of millions of dollars compared to rebuilding the highway.
June 12, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: St. Louis Is Awesome! You Just Don’t Realize It
This week we’re joined by Tara Pham, a San Francisco native who took her talents to St. Louis for college and stuck around. She talks about her company CTY, which creates tools for tracking local data, and how living in St. Louis and the perception of neighborhoods led her and her friends to the idea of counting people, not cars.
June 11, 2015
Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success
Cross-posted from the Vision Zero Network
June 10, 2015