Streetsblog USA
A Swedish Transit Agency Cuts Through the Autonomous Car Hype
We already have the technology to address a lot of the problems that self-driving cars purport to solve — it's called a bus.
March 29, 2017
Why Do Teenage Girls Lose Interest in Biking?
In a study of 300 Portland-area families, a researcher observed that a gender gap in attitudes toward cycling isn't apparent in younger kids, but when girls reach adolescence, they don't view cycling as positively as boys do.
March 29, 2017
Parking Madness: Hartford vs. Cleveland
Streetsblog is on the hunt for the North American transit station that's most severely undermined by excess surface parking, and today you'll meet the last two contestants in the running.
March 28, 2017
Highway Projects Won’t Save the Rust Belt
Highway mega-projects remain tempting to struggling cities and regions in the Rust Belt. But evidence shows they shift economic activity away from existing business districts and don't generate lasting improvements.
March 28, 2017
Parking Madness: Denver vs. Pleasanton
In today's matchup, a depressing abundance of commuter rail parking in the Bay Area takes on a mammoth parking crater enveloping three separate light rail stops in Denver.
March 27, 2017
Nashville Is Ready to Embrace Transit
Nashville planners have put together a $6 billion transit expansion plan that calls for four light rail lines, three bus rapid transit routes, a commuter rail connection, and more. And it looks like a referendum on raising local taxes to pay for the package would fare well.
March 27, 2017
Parking Madness: Norfolk vs. New York
Today, a terminal station in Norfolk, Virginia, goes up against a stadium complex in Queens.
March 24, 2017
Seattle Campaign to #GivePedsTheGreen Would Do Away With “Beg Buttons”
A petition in Seattle calls on the city to do away with "beg buttons" and automatically give pedestrians a walk signal at every traffic light in its "urban villages" — areas that are walkable and transit-oriented.
March 24, 2017
Parking Madness: Little Rock vs. Atlanta
Of all the places that have been marred by surface parking, the saddest might be city blocks served by transit, where walking should reign and driving should not be necessary.
March 23, 2017
Portland Advocates Won’t Settle for Business-as-Usual Highway Spending
Portlanders are sick of roads getting most of the funding pie, while transit gets a small slice and biking and walking get crumbs.
March 23, 2017
