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STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People

The installation of new protected infrastructure for bicyclists is not associated with the displacement of people of color or of low-income urban residents, a new study reveals.

June 21, 2021

STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Advocates Demand Better Car Safety Standards From Senate

The next baseline infrastructure bill can no longer ignore the need for common-sense vehicle safety improvements that save vulnerable road users’ lives, a coalition of advocates and lawmakers said on Tuesday.

June 15, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Buffalo

What Happened When Buffalo Changed Its Parking Rules

In 2017 Buffalo, New York, became the first U.S. city to stop requiring development projects to include at least a minimum amount of parking. Here's what happened next.

June 13, 2021

Active Transportation

Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado

Colorado's wowntowns, main streets, and the urban arterials that have become so many of our main streets should be vibrant community centers, but people need to feel safe accessing them, no matter how they get there.

May 4, 2021

housing

Commentary: What do parking requirements have to do with affordable housing?

When I entered the affordable housing world, one thing I didn’t count on was how many projects across Denver don’t even pass the visioning stage. There are a variety of reasons for this, mainly revolving around finances, but the one I was not counting on was…parking.

April 16, 2021

Streetsblog USA |bus rapid transit

People Are Still Riding the Bus During COVID-19 — and We Need To Protect Them

If people are taking buses, bus systems will need support for more rear-door boarding, protective gear for workers, cleanings, hazard pay, increased service to reduce crowding.

April 30, 2020

Streetsblog USA |mobility

Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians

Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.

April 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19

The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.

April 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

We Shouldn’t Have To Say This: Expanding Sidewalks Does Not Spread COVID-19

There are some city leaders who fear that if they make streets too pedestrian-friendly, it will encourage walkers to crowd the streets, spreading the virus more. It won't. Here's why.

April 26, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycle Infrastructure

Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers

We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.

April 23, 2020

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