Don't Close Parks. Open Streets Instead.
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It's time to close whole regions of the city off to cars — so walkers can spread out.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about New York
Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19
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Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn't the Answer
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It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.
Car Crashes Are An Epidemic We Can Solve
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"Government and public health officials routinely face problems that exceed their capacities and powers. Traffic deaths are not one of them," says the transportation aide to would-be president Mike Bloomberg.
Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive
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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.
Op-Ed: How Transit Activists Can Win — A Primer
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If you’re a transit rider in just about any American city, chances are the service you rely on falls somewhere between not-great and awful. The closest bus may only run once an hour, your train may be constantly delayed, or you may feel like the simple act of crossing the street to reach the bus […]