Over-Promising on Electric Cars Is Holding Back Progress on Climate and Safety

Instead of considering alternatives to expensive electric or hybrid cars, like e-scooters or e-bikes, the Biden administration remains focused on antiquated, car-centric approaches and policies tha… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 1 year ago

Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture (2020)

Journalists reinforce anti-sustainable transportation sentiment in all kinds of ways — but they don’t have to. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

How the Twin Cities Abolished Parking Minimums (and How Your City Can, Too)

The Twin Cities’ victory over mandatory parking minimums was won by smart, persistent organizing among advocates and well-informed electeds — and your city can do the same. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

It seems like there’s a story every other day about an exciting new traffic law aimed at curbing the most dangerous behaviors on U.S. roads. The only problem? They’re almost exclusively… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

Sprawl Costs the Public More Than Twice as Much as Compact Development (2015)

How much more does it cost the public to build infrastructure and provide services for sprawling development compared to more compact neighborhoods? A lot more, according to this handy summary from… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

Infrastructure Deal ‘Worst Ratio for Transit Funding Since Nixon’

Washington is one step closer to passing an infrastructure package that would provide historic funding for transit, and then immediately undercut it with historic funding for drivers. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

The two-wheeled electric vehicle revolution is taking off — but is Washington up to the task? | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 2 years ago

Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash

Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe … | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 3 years ago

President-elect Biden and the future First Lady Dr. Jill Biden rode bikes today as part of an outing near their Delaware home. Meanwhile, President Trump drove past an anti-democracy gathering in W… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 3 years ago

As traffic volumes increase in our city centers, partly fueled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organizations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it be… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 3 years ago

If there’s one thing America definitely doesn’t need any more of, it’s parking lots — and during COVID-19, communities across the U.S. are seizing that under-utilized asphalt for … | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 3 years ago

The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders

Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership — and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities. The total amount that Am… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Single-Family Housing Upholds the Patriarchy and Hurts Moms (2018)

What happened to the “village?” They’re a car ride away. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

US Federal Program Would Help Cities Tear Down Highways

A new pot of money would help undo the sometimes-racist legacy of urban highway construction. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Landlords in Seattle Can’t Force Renters to Pay for Parking Anymore (2018)

Renters who don’t own cars will no longer have to pay for parking spaces they don’t use. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Boondoggle: A Texas-Sized Mess of a Highway Plan

Deadly and sprawling Houston does not need this $7-billion widening and rebuilding highway project. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe

Let’s face it: America’s roads are safe increasingly for only those who drive on them. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Detroit Bus Shelters Aren’t Where You Need ‘Em – Streetsblog USA

Bus shelters didn’t match up with high-ridership stops. Just moving them around could have a big impact on access. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

The Pacific Rim city is trying to be an Amsterdam of the Americas. Here’s how it’s leading. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

More People Will Die as a Result of Texas’ Red Light Camera Ban

Studies show when these cameras get turned off, fatalities increase. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Bad Things About Uber and Lyft in One Simple List

More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It’s long.) | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

Seattle and Minneapolis: A Tale of Two Upzones

Dense, walkable cities mean more families can afford to stay, and public transport gets a boost. They’re also greener than suburbs, with their large homes and car-dependent multitudes. But changing… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 4 years ago

How easy would it be to add some bollards to your neighborhood bike lane? A national demonstration aims to point that out. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Vancouver Unveils North America’s Boldest Climate Action Plan

The city’s plans to put U.S. regions to shame, calling for 90 percent of residents to be in walking distance of “daily needs.” | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

The Economic Value of Following Through on a Bike Plan

Building out Kansas City’s bike plan would add $500 million to the local economy and, save 36 lives a year, a new study finds. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Talking Headways Podcast: The Potential of a Fiberoptic Future

This week, we’re joined by Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard School of Law. Crawford talks about her new book Fiber, which focuses on how cities in the U… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

An urban, plain-clothes transportation cyclist could be running for president and bike Twitter nearly broke. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Study: Uber and Lyft Caused U.S. Transit Decline

Uber and Lyft have decreased bus ridership in San Francisco 12.7 percent since 2010, a new study estimates. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t

We’ve seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no “carmageddon” after all. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

A Study Focussed on the Public Transit Ridership Decline in United States [pdf]

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@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Study: Uber and Lyft Caused U.S. Transit Decline

Uber and Lyft have decreased bus ridership in San Francisco 12.7 percent since 2010, a new study estimates. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Six Ways the Media Is Still Blaming the Victim

Media tropes emphasize the victim’s behavior when a driver hits a pedestrian or cyclist rather than systemic causes, a new study finds. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Research Explains Why Pedestrians ‘Break the Rules’

Pedestrians behave unpredictably when the environment is not accommodating to them, new research using time-lapse video shows. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

To Get Drivers to Yield, St. Paul Uses Psych Trick

A multi-phased experiment in St. Paul increased driver yielding to pedestrians from 32 to more than 70 percent. And it decreased unsafe passing of yielding cars 10 fold. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Elon Musk's tunnel project is a bad joke

He initially promised to revolutionize public transit — but then created only a new private transportation system for rich people. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Minneapolis Moves to Eliminate Mandatory Parking

The end of single-family zoning rule has gotten all the attention. But Minneapolis’s new plan is groundbreaking on transportation as well. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

U.S. Finally Legalizes Modern, European-Style Train Cars

Finally, U.S. trains will no longer have be be designed like “high-velocity bank vaults” thanks to long-awaited changes in federal regulations. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Toronto Cleared Cars Off a Major Transit Corridor – And It Worked

Once the street was closed to cars, about 20,000 additional streetcar riders materialized practically overnight.  | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Millennials Unhappily Stuck in Their Parents’ Car-Based Transportation System

In a new survey, Millennials report fairly high dissatisfaction with driving, but they are mostly without alternatives. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Six Secrets from the Planner of Sevilla’s Lightning Bike Network

Here’s one way to understand the story of biking in Sevilla, Spain: It went from having about as much biking as Oklahoma City to having about as much biking as Portland, Oregon. It did this o… | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Study Shows: Uber and Lyft Are Increasing Traffic Deaths

As much as 1,100 more people are being killed every year, thanks to the presence of Uber and Lyft, a new study finds. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

How the Media Fails Bicyclists

A new study finds media accounts of cycling deaths focus blame on the victim’s behavior and sidestep systemic causes. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

The Real E-Scooters Story Is Much More Boring Than Media Coverage Suggests

It doesn’t make for exciting newsprint. But people like scooters and they aren’t causing any big problems. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Self-Driving Car Makers Prepare to Blame “Jaywalkers”

Self-driving car companies tech isn’t advanced enough to detect pedestrians. Rather than wait until it matures, they’re trying to blame pedestrians. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

Whatever you make of Bird’s offer, there’s certainly an opening here that cities shouldn’t let go to waste. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage

Groundbreaking research presents credible estimates of the total parking supply in several American cities, and it’s not pretty. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago

The city is on the verge of releasing a design guide that will expedite implementation of protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets. | Continue reading


@usa.streetsblog.org | 5 years ago