The traffic engineering profession says intersections with no "Walk" signal are a-okay. Even as pedestrian deaths soar.

Seattle is the only major city that really grew the number of car-free and car-light households in the last five years. It's also the only one that's really grown transit ridership.

Basketball anyone? One of the highlights from Seattle's Pavement to Parks program.

Richmond built a bus rapid transit line and reorganized its bus routes. Ridership rose 21 percent in a year.

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

Activist moms. A can-do City Council president and even — shocking — a state DOT leader are this year's heroes.