Streetsblog.net
Top Categories
Talking Headways Podcast: What Sports Teams Bring (and Don’t Bring) to Cities
There are both benefits — and pitfalls — from stadium deals.
June 9, 2022
Pickups and SUVs are driving the pedestrian death epidemic. But the tide may be turning.
While big vehicles are safer for people on the inside, they're more deadly for those on the outside. But there's a movement to require safer automobile designs and create disincentives to owning oversized vehicles.
June 9, 2022
OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car
Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.
June 8, 2022
THE BRAKE: Why Every City Needs a Car Master Plan
So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel?
June 7, 2022
New Bill Would Create an Incentive to Go Car-Free in California
Bill from Senator Portantino would offer a tax credit to people who do not own cars
June 6, 2022
The 3 Secret Ingredients To Building Bike Networks Fast
A handful of cities across America are building out bike lane networks faster than ever before — and the secret ingredient isn't concrete and paint, but strong partnerships and even stronger public messaging, a new analysis argued.
June 6, 2022
Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than Electric Cars For Reaching Net Zero
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. [Editor’s note: in the U.S., it’s roughly one in 17.] Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet.
June 3, 2022
Air Board Seeks Comments on Climate Scoping Plan; Shoup Urges a Look at Parking
Enforcing existing parking subsidy law is one simple, overlooked strategy that could help reduce fossil fuel use, says Professor Donald Shoup
June 3, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Thinking Regionally About New York
How the Interborough Express got traction, and other tales of transit in the Big City.
June 2, 2022
OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles
Join these campaigns and send a message to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
June 2, 2022
