COVID-19 Has Created More Cyclists; Here’s How Cities Can Keep Them on Their Bikes
Two researchers share what they've learned about what cities should do to encourage cycling — coronavirus or no.
June 29, 2020
Can Corporate Micromobility Companies Really Turn Its Riders Into Street Safety Advocates?
Will "Lime Action" succeed in the noble goal of supporting an advocate-set agenda for our mobility future? What is that agenda? Time will tell.
June 29, 2020
Strange Bedfellows: Transit Agency To Pay Uber $80K To Collect Fares
San Francisco Bay Area agency Marin Transit signed a deal that will allow its riders to buy their bus tickets directly from the Uber app — agreeing to pay the company a subscription fee as much as $80,000 over two years for the use of its software. The move raised hackles among some transit advocates, who are skeptical of the e-taxi industry's corrosive impact on public transportation ridership.
June 26, 2020
New App Makes Mass Transit Accessible to People with Cognitive Disabilities
A Columbus, Ohio research team is getting closer to releasing an app that could soon give people with cognitive disabilities more independence on mass transit systems across America.
June 25, 2020
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets
Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.
June 24, 2020
‘Centering Equity is a Matter of Life and Death’: Responding to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanism
Five visionary leaders shared their wisdom on how to take antiracist action in the built environment professions. Here are a few of the highlights for Streetsblog readers.
June 24, 2020
Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs
Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.
June 23, 2020
‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving
As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.
June 22, 2020
What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety
What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?
June 22, 2020
Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones
Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.
June 17, 2020