Toronto’s Simple Measure to Cut Traffic and Improve Transit: Toll Highways
The funds would support road repair and transit -- and should improve congestion at the same time.
December 9, 2016
How Much of Your City Is Really Urban?
Editor's note: Read to the end of this post for an important update on the Streetsblog Network.
December 9, 2016
UPS Begins Delivering Packages via E-Trike in Portland
One way around the problem of big trucks is to divide deliveries into smaller loads, carried with smaller vehicles.
December 8, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Trump’s Climate Denier EPA Nominee Is a Giant Middle Finger to Environmentalists… (NYT, EDF) …Was Investigated for Colluding With Fossil Fuel Companies as Oklahoma AG (Politico) Why Trump Saying “Urban Renewal” Is Scary for Cities (NYT) Boston’s Green Line Extension Opening Pushed Back to 2021 (The Globe) Cincinnati Streetcar Ridership Falling Short of Projections (Enquirer) Four Ways to … Continued
December 8, 2016
Booting Buses Off Public Square, Cleveland Deals Another Blow to Transit
Transit riders in Cleveland can't get a break. Mayor Frank Jackson decided to reroute buses around the city's Public Square last month, undoing an earlier deal intended to protect transit riders.
December 7, 2016
How to Spend a Fortune on Roads and Make Potholes Worse
Simply spending a lot on infrastructure is no guarantee of better transportation conditions. It can easily make things worse.
December 7, 2016
Today’s Headlines
HUD Pick Ben Carson Never Actually Lived in Public Housing (Washington Examiner) Professional Rail Critic Randall O’Toole Worried Elaine Chao Is Too Pro-Rail (Lincoln Times News) Factsheet: Why Uber Won’t Kill Transit (TransitCenter) Drivers Hit 20 Pedestrians in Toronto and the CBC Blamed It on the Rain Dan Savage: Fatalities in the “War on Cars” Are Never Cars … Continued
December 7, 2016
From Pennsylvania, a Preview of How Trump & Co. Might Bully Cities
Trump has threatened to revoke federal funds from hundreds of "sanctuary cities" that do not report undocumented immigrants to federal officials.
December 5, 2016
Study: Diagonal Intersections Are Especially Dangerous for Cyclists
This week, Cambridge, Massachusetts, unveiled plans for a "peanutabout" that will make a tricky intersection with irregular angles safe for cycling. This type of design intervention could be crucial for locations that new research suggests are especially dangerous.
December 2, 2016
Seattle Transit Agencies Move Toward Mobile Ticketing
We have the technology to make transit fare payment faster and more convenient. Agencies around the world are making progress on fare collection innovations that improve riders' experience -- with benefits like shorter trip times, getting more transit trips for your buck, and demystifying the process of buying a fare for new riders.
December 2, 2016