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Parking Madness Final Four: Kansas City vs. Rochester
The hunt for the worst parking crater on earth nears its epic conclusion with the second Final Four match of Parking Madness.
April 7, 2014
What Happens When You #ReplaceBikeWithCar
Late last week, somebody started the meme #ReplaceBikeWithCar on Twitter and it really took off.
April 7, 2014
“Suspected Drunk Cyclist Leaves Trail of Destruction”
A funny thing happens when you switch the word "car" with the word "bike" in news reports. Robert Prinz, a former Streetsblog San Francisco intern, has been making the switch in stories about destructive car crashes and posting the results at his blog, 10 Miles per Hour Challenge! It makes for some provocative viewing.
April 4, 2014
Parking Madness Final Four: Chicago vs. Jacksonville
We started with 16 parking craters and now we're down to the Final Four of Parking Madness.
April 4, 2014
The Problem With Prescribing “Access to Cars” in the Fight Against Poverty
It goes without saying that the mass suburbanization of the past 60 years has been very bad news for people who can't afford cars, and it's getting worse as poverty levels rise in the suburbs.
April 4, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight: Rochester vs. Detroit
The last spot in the 2014 Parking Madness Final Four is at stake today, as Rochester faces off against Detroit.
April 3, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Play the Gray Away
Jeff and I had a great time this week, getting all outraged at the short-sighted move by the Tennessee Senate to ban dedicated lanes for transit, and high and mighty about cities that devote too much space to surface parking at the expense of just about everything else. And then we treat ourselves to a fun conversation about the origin of the American playground -- and whether the entire city should be the playground.
April 2, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight: El Cerrito vs. Chicago
We're two weeks into our Parking Madness competition, and only a few parking craters are still standing.
April 2, 2014
Parking Madness “Elite Eight”: Kansas City vs. Grand Rapids
One more round, and we'll be down to the worst-of-the-worst parking craters in the Parking Madness bracket, our annual search for the worst excesses in urban surface parking.
April 1, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight Matchup: Dallas vs. Jacksonville
We're on to round two of Parking Madness, our search for the worst parking crater in North America. And I have to say, the parking craters in this match do seem to have descended to a new level of horribleness.
March 31, 2014