Streetsblog USA Archives - Page 9 of 127

How to Bike With Disabilities, Discrimination, and Difference

When it comes to getting out and enjoying life on two wheels, some of the most intimidating barriers we must confront have less to do with hulking SUVs more to do with what types of bodies our entire culture is built to suit — and in a new online speaker series, 13 riders shared the personal stories that shape the way they ride.

October 29, 2020

How to Bike With Disabilities, Discrimination, and Difference

Streetsblog USA |Car Culture

STUDY: How Cars Are Making Us All Depressed (Even If We Don’t Drive)

A new study shows that vehicle pollution may have more to do with our mental health than anyone realized.

October 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |New Orleans

STUDY: Streetcars Symbolize the Dangers of ‘Colorblind’ Transit Planning

Transit can be a powerful tool for mobility justice — but if we're not deliberate, it can be a tool for reinforcing white supremacy, too.

October 26, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?

A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.

October 25, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Op-Ed: The Business Case For Cargo Bikes

As traffic volumes increase in our city centers, partly fueled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organizations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it been sitting right here under our noses all this time?

October 23, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Auto Insurance

How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage

It costs less to insure an SUV, despite its role in the pedestrian death crisis. And drunk drivers barely pay more for insurance (why can they even get insurance again?).

October 22, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

Could Car Share Become a Part of Transit?

For more than 20 years, U.S. car-sharing services have failed to deliver on the promise of reducing private vehicle ownership at large scale — but an innovative new business model rolling out on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul soon may give the industry the jolt it needs.