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Darin Givens at ATL Urbanist is retiring his blog after five years writing about city planning in Atlanta. Thinking about the future of Atlanta in his final post, he touched on something important and universal: Who gets public resources, and what types of projects should city leaders support? City leaders bend over backwards as they prioritize mega developments like … Continued

Parking Along New Protected Bike Lanes Is “Complicated,” Claims ABC7 Driver Jumps Curb Onto Pedestrian Area in Cap Hill (ABC7) “Driving Retirement” for Elderly Just One More Reason to Build Better Transit Network (CPR) Hancock Rejects City Council Bid to Study Rail Safety in Urban Neighborhoods (DenPo) Boulder Might Reduce Parking Requirements (Daily Camera) Rail Advocates Help Save … Continued

Built on a 136-acre site in the heart of a walkable, inner-ring suburb in 1962, Severance was the first mall in the Cleveland area. And over the years, it has mirrored every trend in retail, morphing from an indoor mall to a big-box anchored “shopping center.” But the site recently lost its anchor — the … Continued

Nobody’s going to give San Diego County an award for park planning — we hope! — on its “Waterfront Park project,” which is more accurately described as the “subsidized garage project.” Grinning county officials recently cut the ribbon on a $36 million parking garage that will be free for county employees. With 640 spaces, the … Continued

A lot of revenue-starved transit agencies around the country have been skimping on essential maintenance, and one of the more dire cases is in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland has a rail system built in the 1960s and 70s that runs mostly on former freight rights-of-way. Sprawl has been eating away at ridership, but it still moves a fair … Continued

The feds have taken over safety oversight of D.C.’s embattled Metro, and that could actually be cause for concern, says David Alpert at Greater Greater Washington. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx laid out his vision for safety-related reforms under the aegis of the Federal Transit Administration in a recent piece in the Washington Post. One person was killed when smoke filled … Continued

Even in some of America’s biggest cities, you’d be amazed at the gaps in sidewalk networks. Most of Seattle has sidewalks, says Tom Fucoloro at Seattle Bike Blog, but some of the more recently annexed sections of the city do not. The cost to fill in the gaps was recently pegged at a whopping $3.6 billion. But Seattle … Continued

If you’ve ever biked on a city street — or even just driven a little below the speed limit — you’ve probably encountered this situation: A driver behind you starts honking in irritation, then races past you at frightening speed only to hit a red light at the next intersection. What is the source of all that aggression? Adam Miller at Streets.mn … Continued

It’s been two months since Houston debuted its redesigned bus network, with routes and schedules intended to make the bus appealing to more people. Jarrett Walker, who blogs at Human Transit, consulted on the project, and today he shares his take on the early ridership numbers. Weekend ridership is already up significantly — that makes sense because one of … Continued