Streetsblog Network
Chicago Cyclists Who Confronted Bike Lane Blockers Were Attacked With Fluid, Fists, SUV
The victims shared photos of the assailants and their plate numbers with the police but, weeks later, no arrests have been made.
March 20, 2019
Chicago: Using Transit-Oriented Development to Promote Economic and Racial Justice
At the Elevated Chicago Symposium, community members discussed their efforts to harness transit-oriented development to improve the lives of lower-income and working-class residents.
March 14, 2019
New ‘Cycling in the City’ Exhibit Reveals a Long History of Contentiousness
Biking in New York City may seem contentious now, but it's always been that way, a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York reveals.
March 14, 2019
Streetsblog Calls for for SF to Stop Doing Safety Projects Piecemeal After Cyclist Death
Extend Howard's protected lane to the Embarcadero... and then Folsom, and then don't stop until the job is done
March 13, 2019
Chicago: How Mileage-Based User Fees Could Help Solve Our Infrastructure Funding Crisis
Experts gathered at Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council to discuss the strategy, also known as a vehicle miles traveled tax.
March 5, 2019
NYC Suburbs Revolt Over Gov. Cuomo’s Congestion Pricing
Why is Andrea Stewart-Cousins allowing the tyranny of suburban drivers over suffering city transit users?
March 5, 2019
Partisan Transpo Trolling: California Proposal Would Widen Highways and Remove Speed Limits
When I helped launch Streetsblog Los Angeles eleven years ago, I never imagined that transportation would become so partisan. Educating politicians is of course a core part of any movement, and the movement for safe streets is no exception. But over the last decade, how one views efforts to make our transportation network more clean, … Continued
March 1, 2019
Streetfilms: Fixing the NYC Subway is About Racial and Economic Justice
Supporters of congestion pricing rallied on Monday at the Broadway Junction subway complex to demand repairs to the beleaguered transit system — and this time, the focus was on racial and economic justice. “We’ve got this whole narrative about what congestion pricing is,” said Mark Winston Griffith of the Brooklyn Movement Center. “People have said … Continued
February 28, 2019
Chicago Cyclists of Color Convened at the BLK Panel: “We Want More Black Folks on Bikes”
The forum, held Saturday at Blackstone Bicycle Works, featured representatives of 2wheelgods, the Major Taylor Cycling Club of Chicago, Red Bike and Green Chicago, and SRAM.
February 27, 2019
Removing SF & LA from California High-Speed Rail Is Not a ‘Train to Nowhere’
But he did NOT say he was abandoning the entire project
February 14, 2019
