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A Public Service Announcement to Explain Newfangled Bike Infrastructure
For years, Montgomery County has been busy implementing innovative planning projects like bike lanes, pedestrian infrastructure, and new forms of public transit, but the general public might still need...
View ArticleThe Vancouver Model of Traffic Safety Includes Trees
David Goldberg shares the story of Vancouver's approach to street trees, and their benefit to traffic safety.Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2018
View ArticleAnalysis: Denver's 20-Year Vision for Not-Quite-Complete Streets
A new Streetsblog Denver series unpacks the implications of Denveright, the recently released suite oPublication Date: Thu, 08/09/2018
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Walkable Suburbia
Can suburbs be walkable? Absolutely! Do we know how to create complete streets that are designed to be safe and inviting for people, bikes, and cars? Yes. Is it harder to promote walkability in suburbs...
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Baltimore Approves Complete Streets Ordinance
"Baltimore lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to back new 'complete streets' legislation aimed at requiring the city's transportation department to provide more bike lanes, sidewalks and public transit...
View ArticleA Growing Texas City Rethinks its Transportation Plan
"Confronted with continued population growth, San Marcos City Council adopted an updated transportation master plan Dec.Publication Date: Mon, 12/17/2018
View ArticleDowntown Seattle Corridor Gets Visioning Treatment
The Downtown Seattle Association has put forth several versions of a vision to transform Third Avenue—a busy corridor that sits at the center of the city's work to update its Transit Master Plan and...
View ArticleBill Would Make California's Urban State HIghways Safer for Non-Motorists
It was just over a decade that Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Sen.Publication Date: Mon, 01/14/2019
View ArticleBike Infrastructure Funding Raided to Fund Baltimore's Complete Streets Program
Emily Ranson reports on the stalled progress of the city of Baltimore's planned protected bike lanes.Publication Date: Thu, 01/24/2019
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Major Street Redesign Coming to Pittsburgh's Historic Strip District
"A five-block area of Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District will get a complete makeover that could cost up to $5 million and includes adding sidewalks and angled back-in parking, reducing...
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Auto-Centric City Dichotomy: More Mobility Options and More Risk
Prof. John Rennie Short with the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland (Baltimore) writes that "As cities strive to improve the quality of life for their residents, many are working to...
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Street Makeover On the Way in Portland
Jonathan Maus is planning a makeover of NE Tillamook Street to improve bike infrastructure and slow car traffic—all for the low price of $150,000.Publication Date: Mon, 02/25/2019
View ArticleOpinion: Promising Complete Streets Project Now a 'Monument to Half-Baked...
Matthew Fleischer, senior digital editor of the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times and founder of its Livable City vertical, takes a strong position on Los Angeles bike infrastrucPublication...
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The First Mayor to Become President?
"Democrat Pete Buttigieg said Monday that his presidential exploratory committee raised over $7 million in the first quarter of 2019,"reports Daniel Strauss for POLITICO.Publication Date: Thu, 03/21/2019
View ArticleStreet Design Principles by Sidewalk Labs
"Sidewalk Labs, the smart cities arm of Google parent company Alphabet, has released a set of design principles to make streets safer and more efficient as new mobility technologies come online,"...
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Bike Infrastructure Makeover Underway in Houston
Emily Nonko details the evolution of bike infrastructure planning, and bike infrastructure project delivery, in Houston.Publication Date: Wed, 05/01/2019
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Complete Streets Plan Approved in St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida has approved a new complete streets plan to guide street design and engineering for the next 20 years.Publication Date: Mon, 05/06/2019
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Why Harvard Looked to Los Angeles to Imagine the Future of Streets
A recent course at the Harvard Graduate School of Design explored the future of urban mobility in light of the rapid advent of automated, shared, and electric transportation technologies.Publication...
View ArticleWhen it Comes to Road Diets, Evidence Doesn't Matter
Canaan Merchant doesn't like the current trends in road safety politics in the Washington, D.C. region:Publication Date: Mon, 06/24/2019
View ArticleBill Would Spend Five Percent of All Federal Highway Grants on Complete Streets
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed legislation [pdf] that would divert 5 percent of all federal highway funds for building complete streets, reports Gersh Kuntzman.Publication Date: Thu,...
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