Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Buffalo

Arid, downtown Buffalo has too much parking. Photo: Buffalo Rising

Buffalo Becomes First Major U.S. City to Eliminate Parking Minimums

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 3, 2017 | 14 Comments

Parking minimums make cities less walkable and less affordable. While many American cities are scaling them back, Buffalo is the only one to eliminate them citywide.

Yes, Cops Park in the Bike Lane for Emergency Pizza Runs

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 20, 2015 | 5 Comments

Ever suspect that the officer who parked a squad car in the bike lane, forcing you to swerve into traffic, isn’t really on pressing police business? Stick around and you might get proof. A Buffalo cyclist captured this short clip showing an officer returning to his bike lane-blocking vehicle with what appears to be some pizza, hot and fresh […]

New Urban Love and Loathing in Buffalo: Jeff Speck Responds

By Jeff Speck | Jun 16, 2014 | 21 Comments

As a charter member of the Congress for New Urbanism, I’ve now attended twenty of the organization’s annual conferences. This month’s event may have been my favorite yet, mostly thanks to its location in downtown Buffalo, a place that reminds us so poignantly of both the successes and failures of city planning, as first lovingly […]

Map: Where Buffalo Drivers Smash Into Buildings (Hint: Everywhere)

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 10, 2014 | 17 Comments

Cynthia Van Ness, a librarian and host of BuffaloResearch.com, put together the above map, showing the nearly 150 sites where drivers crashed into buildings in the Buffalo region and made the news since 2006. The map includes links to the media coverage of the incidents, and Van Ness points out how reporters and editors tend […]

Buffalo Dug Itself Into a Deep Infrastructure Hole. Can It Escape?

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

It truly is a testament to the collective power of denial that Rust Belt city leaders still think highways are going to improve their economies. Decades of experience with sprawl and center city decline apparently haven’t put an end to the notion that prosperity is just one road widening away. In Cleveland, business leaders are […]