Streetsblog USA
Portland Transportation Bureau Retracts Tweet Calling Electric Scooters “Toys” for “Tech Bros”
The comment highlights the lack of legitimacy given to transportation modes that aren't cars.
July 27, 2018
As Cities Turn Off Red Light Cameras, Red Light Runners Claim More Lives
A 17 percent rise in red light-running fatalities coincides with a 21 percent decline in the number of red light cameras in operation, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
July 26, 2018
These Are the American Cities Where Transit Access to Jobs Is Getting Better
Investments in better transit are paying off for Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Columbus.
July 9, 2018
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
July 9, 2018
6 Times NHTSA Scolded Pedestrians When It Knew SUVs Were Killing Them
Since 2015, NHTSA has known that SUVs were two to three times more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Instead it blamed headphones and Pokemon Go.
July 3, 2018
Should Seattle Extend Its Streetcar?
Like other cities that have built low-ridership streetcars, Seattle is facing a choice: keep throwing money at a mode of transportation that hasn't paid off, or stick with it in the hopes that more people will ride routes that connect more places.
July 2, 2018
Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act
A 2015 NHTSA report reviewed a range of research showing that people are two to three times more likely to be killed when struck by an SUV than by a typical passenger car.
June 29, 2018
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
Asheville has a plan to salvage part of its city from a highway. But North Carolina DOT wants to rush forward with a highway rebuild without committing to that plan.
June 28, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: LBJ East Expansion in Dallas, Texas
16 lanes. A $1.6 billion price tag. More traffic. Less transit. Yep, it's a boondoggle.
June 27, 2018
The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure
Real world experience has proven that diverting resources to "micro transit" is not a recipe to improve transit or increase ridership.
June 26, 2018
