Streetsblog USA
Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?
For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.
April 17, 2018
“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together
The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
April 16, 2018
Losing a Son, Starting a Movement
Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets is empowering people around the country who've lost loved ones to traffic violence to fight for change.
April 12, 2018
Dallas City Council Rejects Fees on Dockless Bike-Share Companies
The biggest bike-share experiment in the U.S. right now is happening in Dallas, and the city isn't quite sure what to do next.
April 10, 2018
Seattle Could Be the First U.S. City to Institute Congestion Pricing
Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to have a true central city congestion pricing system in place by 2021.
April 5, 2018
Landlords in Seattle Can’t Force Renters to Pay for Parking Anymore
Renters who don't own cars will no longer have to pay for parking spaces they don't use.
April 3, 2018
Car Companies Failed at Regulating Themselves. Why Would Autonomous Car Companies Be Different?
A system in which AV companies make the rules is going to fail.
April 2, 2018
Instead of a Pedestrian Bridge, How About a Street That Works for Walking, Biking, and Transit?
Here's how it might look if FIU fixed the underlying problem -- a street that's dangerous to cross on foot.
March 30, 2018
Cleveland Bus Riders Beat Back a Fare Hike
Grassroots volunteers are making progress in their campaign to reverse Cleveland's transit death spiral. But the fight's far from over.
March 29, 2018
How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers
An analysis of news headlines in Canada identified rhetorical patterns that deflect culpability from drivers.
March 28, 2018
