Joe Biden Becomes the First Traffic Violence Widower to Hold the U.S. Presidency
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Joe Biden is president – the first one in U.S. history who's lost a child and a spouse to our national traffic violence epidemic.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Pedestrian Safety
Advocate Urges Removal of S.F.’s “Beg Buttons”
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Beg buttons serve motorists at the expense of people who walk. It's time to correct this.
Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Seating
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When we talk about increasing access to sustainable transportation, many street safety advocates fail to talk about placing benches with anywhere near the fervor with which we talk laying train track or building bike lanes. That needs to change.
Memo to Feds: To Keep Seniors Safe on Our Roads, End Car Dependence
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America's top federal safety agency is raising awareness this week about safety for older drivers, but largely ignoring how car dependence often forces seniors to take the wheel even when they can no longer do so safely.
There’s No Better Time to Turn Streets to Markets
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The street market is a powerful and ancient idea that's overdue for a big U.S. comeback, a new report argues — and during a COVID-19 holiday season, there's no better time to get the SUVs out of the road and start setting up the vendor stalls.
Nashville Asks: Should Landowners Fund Sidewalks?
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A lawsuit from a right-wing advocacy group is challenging the Music City's sidewalk laws — and offering a stark reminder of the need to expand the ways we fund basic walking infrastructure in our cities.