Hit-and-Runs Against Bike Riders Surge During Quarantine
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Drivers aren't just killing cyclists on quarantine-emptied roads – they're also leaving them to die there.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Promoted
Op-Ed: Could Street Parking Technology Help Make Our Cities More Equitable?
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On an average day, the typical car owner doesn't give much thought to parking, beyond whether they will luck out and find a spot to park when they reach their destination. And here's why that has to change.
Study: Balancing Equity and Density with Scooters
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There's a natural tension between providing for undeserved areas and achieving the density needed for the system to work.
Memo to Buttigieg: Fix Our National Traffic Control Standards
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The feds will finally revise the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets standards for signs, markings and signals that help road users – and, eventually, autonomous vehicles – safely move through our communities.
A Look Back at Bezos’s Dirty Legacy on U.S. Roadways
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Jeff Bezos stepped down from the top spot at Amazon yesterday, but his toxic legacy on America's roadways isn't going anywhere.
Give Biking, Walking, and Transit a Fair Share of Federal Transportation Funding
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CalBike wants you to sign a petition asking Congress to put people before cars.
Talking Headways Podcast: COVID-19 on the Streets
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So has the pandemic been all bad? No! We're using streets better. Listen to our conversation with Shared Use Mobility Center Founder-in-Residence Sharon Feigon.
Why Buttigieg’s Midwest Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary
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Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.
Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-lead approach to planning
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The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.
Bill Would Finally Give Bikeshare Transit Dollars
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Bike- and scooter-share systems across the country may soon be eligible for the federal transit dollars they need to remain a stable and thriving element of our transportation landscape, if advocates can finally succeed in getting a hard-fought bill through Congress.
Why America Can’t Rein in Teen Speeding
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Teenage driver crash rates are four times higher than drivers over 20. But some advocates think addressing the problem will take far more than the enforcement and education. Let's dig in.
Biden Decries US DOT’s Destruction of Black Communities — But Will His Administration Make Reparations?
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President Biden won points among some antiracist transportation advocates for calling out federal highway projects for destroying Black communities – and then lost points by failing to call for the USDOT itself to make reparations to the people it has harmed.