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Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves

This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission. In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s social distancing guidelines, several DC residents are now placing traffic cones on neighborhood streets to effectively widen sidewalks. Some […]

April 14, 2020

Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves

Streetsblog USA |Cars

We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19

Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.

April 13, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

COVID ‘Sidewalk Wars’ Think Pieces Miss the Point

The reason people die of coronavirus is because others are breathing and coughing and sneezing near them in close quarters. But cities have lots of space — if they just took some away from cars.

April 12, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Oakland Opens 74 Miles of Streets for Safe Recreation

The city of Oakland is planning to open 74 miles of streets for cyclist and pedestrians so people can get outside and get some exercise with ample space for social distancing. The news was first announced via a town-hall meeting held yesterday evening with Oakland officials. During the meeting, officials presented the map below, taken […]

April 10, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Austin

COVID-19 Cuts Car Crashes — But What About Crash Rates?

This silver lining is tarnished: The number of car crashes is plummeting, but the rate of car crashes is actually up in many cities — as are the injury and fatality rates for both drivers and vulnerable users.

April 9, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car-Free Parks

How to Open Streets Right During Social Distancing

We need more space — which means we need a new blueprint for how to do Open Streets events during this challenging global moment and beyond.

April 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Federal Corona Bill Seems Generous To Transit. It’s Not.

New crisis, same old mistakes. The Federal Transit Administration’s $25-billion COVID-19 public transit grant package contains much-needed lifelines for struggling transit agencies across the country — but the amount received by each agency did not take into account the new reality of the virus, but were allocated using the same formulas from normal years. As a […]

April 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car-Free Parks

There’s No Need For Blanket COVID Park Closures

...with some very important exceptions.

April 6, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities

Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.

April 6, 2020

Streetsblog USA |emissions

Five Reasons Why Trump’s Fuel Standards Rollback is Terrible

Here's the only story you need on why the Trump administration is wrong to gut an Obama-era rule to make cars cleaner and more efficient.

April 1, 2020