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This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission.  In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s social distancing guidelines, several DC residents are now placing traffic cones on neighborhood streets to effectively widen sidewalks. Some […]

- This Crisis Will End — Our Fight Against Cars is Only Beginning - Traffic Violence - Transit Workers Call for Shutdowns

Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.

- ‘Sidewalk Wars’ Think Pieces Miss the Point; Cars still dominate - lotta RTD news - Forget expensive studies. Boulder can (and should) make streets safer now.

A top Columbia University doctor says that now is the time to accelerate our efforts to protect ourselves and our communities through a healthy environment. It is the only way forward, and we do not have time to waste.

The reason people die of coronavirus is because others are breathing and coughing and sneezing near them in close quarters. But cities have lots of space — if they just took some away from cars.

The city of Oakland is planning to open 74 miles of streets for cyclist and pedestrians so people can get outside and get some exercise with ample space for social distancing. The news was first announced via a town-hall meeting held yesterday evening with Oakland officials. During the meeting, officials presented the map below, taken […]

- An Open Letter to Mayors of the World - Four more Denver streets close to cars, open to people for exercising - The Power of Parks in a Pandemic

This silver lining is tarnished: The number of car crashes is plummeting, but the rate of car crashes is actually up in many cities — as are the injury and fatality rates for both drivers and vulnerable users.