Urbanism & public transport
Cities, urban planning, cycling infrastructure and public transport. For urbanists and transport enthusiasts.
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Study: It’s More Expensive Than Ever to Drive America’s Most Popular Car
...and not just for the obvious reasons.
Chicago Is Geting Cameras to Catch Bus and Bike Lane Blockers Citywide
Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit
Study: Americans Already Doubt the Myth that ‘Driving is Freedom’
An overwhelming majority of US motorists say they feel they have zero choice in how much they get behind the wheel — and most of them explicitly want to flee a system that forces them to drive almost everywhere they go, a new study finds.
Progressives Don’t Necessarily Deliver on Transportation at the State Level, Either
Why so many so-called "blue" states keep building highways — and some red states have stopped.
Wednesday’s Headlines Wake Up
The U.S. DOT's "war on woke" is going to get people killed.
"Should I Vote for a Transit Tax?"
10 points to consider when navigating these noisy debates at election time.
California High-Speed Rail Faces Scandal, But Work to Get the Trains Rolling Continues
The rail authority is under fire over questionable spending, but construction continues, and track-laying preparations are moving forward.
Signing “The Planner’s Pledge”
I’ve just signed The Planner’s Pledge, a statement assembled by a team of leading US urban designers including my friend Jeff Speck, author of the Walkable City books. It’s an attempt to create a clear statement of principles, from the planning professions, about the past harms done by the profession and the things that must be done diffe
Is America’s ‘First Autonomous Transit System’ Really Dead?
And what should Jacksonville teach us all about the role of technology in our transit future?
Why Progressives Don’t Deliver on Federal Transportation Policy
Democrats don’t take their progressive stances into transportation. Beth Osborne unpacks why in the first of this two-part series.
Inducing Demand for Tuesday’s Headlines
Just more one more lane, bro. I promise, one more lane will fix it.
Monday’s Headlines Take Matters Into Our Own Hands
Our editor-at-large Gersh Kuntzman isn't the only one getting up to criminal mischief.
Inside Baseball: Kuntzman To Step Down At Streetsblog; David Meyer To Take Over
Streetsblog's longtime editor will take on new challenges. And so will his successor.
Friday Video(s): Two Urban Cycling Trips Worth Taking
We’re all ready for the holiday weekend, so let’s take a quick jaunt up to Minneapolis, which has arguably the best cycling network in America — and some lessons to teach other communities about how to create connections for people on two wheels.
Friday’s Headlines Pay a Lot for Parking
Parking mandates raise rents by 17 percent nationally, or about $204 a month, according to a UCLA study. Even worse, 71 percent of carless households are paying for a parking space they don’t use. Minimum parking requirements drive up rents not only by bundling the cost of parking, but by reducing the number of units built. (California YIMBY)
The Democracy of Doing
Cities say they want public participation, but too often, they crush the ability of citizens to actually participate in neighborhoods.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Long Road to Real Transit Progress
This week on Talking Headways we are sharing Part 1 of our conversation with Reece Martin of The Transit Brief in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss the politics and impacts of fare policy, construction costs around the globe, the US’s existential crisis and the material benefits of progress.
How Your City Can Pass Its Federal Transit Equity Test and Still Fail Riders
"A system that looks fair on paper only because it pushed everyone else into a car is not equitable."
Wednesday’s Headlines Come Not to Bury Caesar
Why is public transportation the only thing Donald Trump doesn't want to build?
NYC to Test-Run Bus-Mounted Cameras To Catch Bike Lane Blockers
The city and state are gearing up to use the MTA’s existing bus-mounted cameras to ticket drivers who park in bike lanes, more than three years after state legislators gave the Department of Transportation and MTA authority to do so.
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