Trump’s Infrastructure Games Threaten NY
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Donald Trump has been threatening to derail the nation's largest metro economy as leverage to get his border wall.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about New Jersey
Ofo Exits Camden in a Cautionary Tale About Venture-Funded Bike-Share
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What happened in Camden highlights a major risk when cities work with bike-share companies that reveal so little about their operations and finances.
Dockless Companies Deliver Bike-Share to Underserved Areas
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Dockless bike-share is coming to Camden, New Jersey, and Chicago's South Side. But so far, the commitments have been small.
10 Urban Freeways That Need to Come Down
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There are excellent candidates for freeway removal in many American cities, where roads built 50 or 60 years ago are nearing the end of their useful lives. Cities that take the plunge and get rid of their urban highways don't regret it.
The Looming Transit Breakdown That Threatens America’s Economy
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While federal transit funding stagnates, the nation’s largest rail and bus systems have been delaying critical maintenance projects. Without sustained efforts to fix infrastructure and vehicles, the effects of deteriorating service in big American cities could ripple across the national economy, according to a new report from the Regional Plan Association [PDF]. RPA focuses on ten of the nation’s largest transit agencies […]
Study: Sprawling Areas Require 3 Times as Much Pavement Per Person
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One of the big downsides to sprawl is the public cost of maintaining infrastructure that is extended over wide areas. A new study of New Jersey by Smart Growth America and New Jersey Future [PDF] attempts to quantify this relationship by looking at the amount of space devoted to roads in communities of varying densities. Turns out […]