Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Memphis

Dusk and Dawn Are Deadly for Walkers — But Traffic Pros Don’t Know the Full Extent of It

By Kea Wilson | May 11, 2022 | No Comments

Researchers say American cities need to rethink their approach to data collection at this critical time of day and use that information to prioritize life-saving changes.

Senator Marsha Blackburn called transit-lovers "socialists" three days before tweeting praise for a new grant for rapid bus route in Memphis she helped secure. Image: Gage Skidmore

Tennessee Senator Reverses Herself on Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 11, 2019 | No Comments

Marsha Marsha Marsha. Transit isn't just for "socialists"!

Memphis has one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the country thanks to distracted drivers and a network of roads that aren't safe for pedestrians. Image: Eric Allix Rogers

Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk

By Aaron Short | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).

Vote for the Best Urban Street Redesign of 2018!

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 28, 2018 | 1 Comment

Memphis, Seattle, Washington D.C., Atlanta and Arlington County, Virginia are in the running. Vote for the best project here:

A Memphis Area Transit Authority bus in downtown Memphis. gg1electrice60/Flickr

Can Memphis Turn Around Its Struggling Bus System?

By Stephen Miller | May 5, 2017 | 6 Comments

The current level of transit service in Memphis is bleak. So a week ago, 11 Shelby County public defenders took part in Bus Rider's Day, which Commercial Appeal columnist David Waters called "an exercise in empathy and, as it turned out, endurance" to understand the transportation challenges facing their clients.

Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis. Photo: Chris Porter for Downtown Memphis Commission.

Memphis’s Spectacular Street Experiments Moving Toward Permanence

By Michael Andersen | Apr 4, 2017 | 1 Comment

It's taken a few years, but Memphians' hands-on experimentation with their streets is starting to pay off in permanent improvements.

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