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Nashville Asks: Should Landowners Fund Sidewalks?

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.

November 8, 2020

Nashville Asks: Should Landowners Fund Sidewalks?

Streetsblog USA |15 Minute Cities

Can This App Tell You If You Live in a ’15 Minute Neighborhood’?

A new tool can help you advocate for your cities to cultivate the walkable amenities that are missing, as well as create safe routes to reach them.

October 20, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycle Infrastructure

Exactly How Far U.S. Street Safety Has Fallen Behind Europe, in Three Bombshell Charts

We knew it was bad, but not THIS bad.

October 10, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Distracted Walking

Advocates to Chao: First ‘Pedestrian Safety Month’ Must Be More Than Just A Press Release

A coalition of transportation safety and consumer groups is urging Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to push for laws aimed at decreasing the pedestrian death toll on America's roadways, which reached a 30-year high of 6,590 last year.

September 30, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Pedestrian Death

Why Your City Doesn’t Map Its Worst Car Crashes

The idea of a "High Injury Network" isn't new. But a surprising number of cities don't bother to map it.

September 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

D.C. Shows What To Do When Your Vision Zero Plan Is Failing

The nation's capital is failing to meet its Vision Zero goal — but it's not taking the loss lying down.

September 27, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Winter Is Coming: Four Ways To Keep Snowy Cities Moving During the Pandemic

Many forms of indoor entertainment won't be safe this winter — which means it's past time to make outdoor transportation and recreation safe for all.

September 23, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

‘Heat Vision’ Traffic Lights Can Save Lives

Cities across America are telling the pedestrian "beg" button to bug off, thanks to thermal imaging technology designed to detect and protect human bodies on our roadways.

September 21, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Why the S.D. Attorney General Will Probably Get Away With Killing A Pedestrian

One of South Dakota's most powerful elected officials killed a pedestrian in a bizarre rural car crash on Saturday evening. He claimed he hit a deer.

September 15, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Children

How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19

Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.

September 13, 2020

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