A Third of States Won’t Even Try To Reduce Road Deaths
Too many states don't even set a target of reducing road deaths — because the feds don't care.
January 24, 2020
Drivers Pay 4x More For Cell Phones Than Roads
The average American spends over four times as much on their cell phone bill as they do on gas tax.
January 21, 2020
Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive
If we truly want to reckon with our national poverty crisis, we have to make going car-lite or car-free a possibility for more people.
January 15, 2020
Philadelphia Mayor Makes Big Bike and Transit Promises. Advocates Have Doubts.
The City of Brotherly Love is one of America's most autocentric cities — so can Jim Kenney fix it?
January 15, 2020
Why Do Micromobility Companies Keep Losing Money?
Micromobility companies are struggling — but only because cities don't see them as providing a public service that deserves public investment.
January 14, 2020
Kea Wilson: The Making of an Advocate
Streetsblog's newest editor joins us with an opening essay about her beginnings as a livable streets advocate.
January 14, 2020
How Cars Waste Space — In Six Simple Images
Let's hope 2020 is the year when graphics like these finally fall out of date.
January 13, 2020
Buttigieg Plan: Vision Zero Plus Other Goodies
Mayor Pete's transportation plan would create a national Vision Zero plan, charge drivers more for their use of the roads, build more public transit, and create "sustainable infrastructure" jobs — but it also has some proposals that might undermine all of it.
January 11, 2020
Emissions Report: Cars Are Still Our Biggest Problem
United States greenhouse gas emissions are down —but our cars are still pumping out pollution like they always have.
January 10, 2020
The Real Reasons Scooter Injuries Are Exploding
News outlets are sounding the alarms about scooter injuries — but the real culprit is cars and cities that don't protect the most vulnerable road users.
January 9, 2020