Eve Kessler
Email Eve Kessler at eve@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking
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Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.
THUNDER ROAD: Car Noise Stokes Heart Attacks, Study Finds
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Researchers in New Jersey link traffic racket to cardiovascular disease and cardiac episodes, proving again that it's death, not redemption, that's beneath a dirty hood.
STEAL THIS IDEA: Denver Offering Rebates on E-Bike Purchases
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Colorado is high ... on getting e-bikes into the hands of drivers.
GOP Govs to Biden: Don’t Force Your Progressive Politics on our Highway Projects
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Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.
SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Cargo Bikes Are Revolutionizing Family Life
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Parents with conventional or electric bikes are loading up their kids (sometimes several kids!) and taking them everywhere.
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
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Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
Parent Company Hires 3 for Livable Streets Fight
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Policy wiz Sara Lind, marketing guru Robert Green, and advocate Carl Mahaney join the push for a people-centered city.
NY Gov Calls for ‘Alternatives’ to Controversial AirTrain
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"I have asked the Port Authority to thoroughly examine alternative mass transit solutions for reducing car traffic and increasing connectivity to LaGuardia Airport," Hochul said about the 1.5-mile, elevated people mover.
TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas
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Want to turn underused street space into people space? A cool video shows you the ropes.
Will NY Get a 'Crash Victim Bill of Rights'?
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Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.
How Hoboken Eliminated Traffic Deaths
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The Mile Square City shows what can be accomplished when a municipality really focuses on the zero of Vision Zero — it has recorded no traffic fatalities for three straight years.
Chuck Schumer Pushing Highway Boondoggle
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Construction interests — and Sen. Schumer — want to add a lane to the Catskills artery. It's madness.