Walking and Biking are Hurt by Lack of National Leadership: Report
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Biking and walking have leveled off and are becoming more dangerous. The federal government and states aren't doing enough.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Massachusetts
New Mass. Pedestrian Safety Plan Includes Snow Removal
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If states stop ignoring pedestrians, and get serious about protecting them — like Massachusetts has proposed — enormous resources would be available to improve safety.
A Six-Point Plan to Cut Traffic
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If we're going to create a safer transportation system, we're going to have to drive less, and a new study of travel and development patterns in Massachusetts sheds light on what can be done to cut down on traffic. Here are the six factors researchers identified that affect the amount people drive.
Planning for Less Driving, Not More, Would Lead to Big Savings
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What if, instead of basing policy around the presumption that people will drive more every year, transportation agencies started making decisions to reduce the volume of driving? And what if they succeed? A new report from the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group quantifies what would happen in that state if driving rates come in one percentage point lower than the state […]
Massachusetts’ Bikeway Design Guide Will Be Nation’s Most Advanced Yet
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Bikeway design in this country keeps rocketing forward. The design guide that Massachusetts is planning to unveil in November shows it. The new guide, ordered up by MassDOT and prepared by Toole […]
Transit and Equity Advocate Stephanie Pollack to Lead MassDOT
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Stephanie Pollack was one of the first transportation experts who made a serious impression on me. A few weeks after I started working at Streetsblog, at my first Rail~volution conference, she gave a presentation on the complex relationship between transit, gentrification, and car ownership. Her energy, intellectual rigor, and passion for social justice were apparent […]