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Autonomous Vehicles and Streets: A Guide to Potential Impacts
We have been asked numerous times about how the introduction of AVs (and E-commerce) might affect streets.Publication Date: Tue, 07/25/2017
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Making the Case for Walkability in Buffalo
Scott Scanlon reports that Buffalo is considering joining the roster of communities "that have signed on to the principles of America Walks, a national organization that advocates safety and community...
View ArticleThe Calm Streets Project Launches in St. Louis
St. Louis is about to get its first "Calm Street," as a result of Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) grant funding awarded to the region and expected for approval by the East West Gateway Council...
View ArticleHow to Make NIMBYs Part of the Solution
NIMBYISM, i.e., self-interest and the fear of change, is obstructing the development of affordable housing, transit, and more livable communities. However, more rather than less inclusion of NIMBYs is...
View ArticleFlorida DOT Adopts 'Context-Based' Street Design
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently adopted eight classifications for "context-based street design."Publication Date: Mon, 10/02/2017
View ArticleOp-Ed: Planners Could Do More to Encourage Healthy Communities
For Next City, Lark Lo makes an impassioned case for greater emphasis on public and pedestrian health. "People are not in their cars when they spend money. People who don’t own cars have money to...
View ArticleNominate the 'Best Urban Street Transformation' of 2017
Streetsblog USA is asking for nominations in its annual celebration of the "Best Urban Street Transformation."Publication Date: Thu, 12/14/2017
View ArticleA Guide to Complete Streets
"The concept of complete streets places the same priority on pedestrians, bicyclists and public transport users as on motorists," according to an article by Anna Bray Sharpin, Ben Welle, and Nikita...
View ArticleAddressing Online Retail's Ceaseless Curbside Deliveries
While a drone-based future for goods delivery gets a lot of hype, Publication Date: Tue, 01/09/2018
View ArticleEmbracing the Future of City Streets
Justin Davidson waxes poetic about the importance of streets to the city of New York:Publication Date: Thu, 01/18/2018
View ArticleBreaking Down Barriers
By Jessica ZimmerBefore the City of Concord renovated its Main Street, residents and visitors had to walk up two steps to access the restaurants and storefronts along the western side of the road....
View ArticleFactoring Freight into Complete Streets Plans
By Karl VilacobaA delivery man pulled and pushed for min-utes on end but couldn’t get his hand truck over the extra high curb. Upon one last try, the frustrated worker’s shipment—a heavy keg of...
View ArticleHow Sidewalks Literally Sideline the Pedestrian
According to Alissa Walker, the multi-modal city of the future might lack sidewalks, and that's a good thing. "'Sidewalks' is actually a misnomer," Walker writes, "because before cars existed, all...
View ArticleQueens Boulevard Redesign Spreads the Love Around
The New York Department of Transportation is gearing up for the next phase of a major redesign of Queens Boulevard in Woodside, a neighborhood in Queens.Publication Date: Wed, 03/07/2018
View ArticleA Dutch 'Shared Street' Is Coming To Miami
A four block area along Northwest Third Avenue in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood is about to become a ‘shared street’ called a "woonerf," a concept originated in the Netherlands. A woonerf goes beyond...
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After 34 Years of Complete Streets, Florida Still Deadly for Pedestrians
Angie Schmitt shares research on the impacts of Florida's 1978 complete streets policy, which mandated the development of new bike and pedestrian infrastructure statewide.Publication Date: Wed, 04/18/2018
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'Complete Streets' Bill Enjoys Broad Support in Baltimore
The Baltimore City Council is in the final stages of consideration on a bill that would require Complete Streets planning and engineering decisions during Baltimore Department of Transportation...
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Vancouver Is 'True North' for Seattle Bike Lane Advocates
"In Seattle," David Gutman writes, "every bike lane, whether it's just a painted white line or a fully separated, landscaped bikeway, seems to be fought tooth and nail, in a never-ending battle over...
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Major Street Reconfiguration Underway in Detroit
"The city of Detroit on Monday kicked off a $1 million redesign of East Jefferson Avenue that will cut two lanes of the thoroughfare to make way for bike lanes, slow speeds and improve pedestrian...
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