Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets
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Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Urban Planning
Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon
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An urban planner looks at open space and reviews the good, the bad and the ugly among our cities (looking at you, Mayor de Blasio!).
Commentary: A City That Works for Everyone — Reflections on the Necessity of an Intersectional Urbanism
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Robin Mazumder: When I speak out about urban issues, it is from my perspective as someone who experiences marginalization in some aspects of my identity as much as it is from my perspective as someone who has privilege.
Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking
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Lawmakers in the Rose City have mandated that big developers provide space for residents to store their bicycles.
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
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The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
Hidden Safety Problems Keep Denver Kids From Walking and Biking
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In this guest post, Wes Marshall, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver, reveals Denver-based research showing that crash data hides places where kids want to walk and bike. Related papers show how to identify places where kids already are, and how to create safer streets where they want to go — […]