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Colorado Program Fixes Broken Streetlights Instead of Arresting People for Broken Windows
A new Colorado program is seeking to curb crime by investing in safer, more accessible streets — and not just the crimes committed by drivers.
April 6, 2023
Op-Ed: Paris Scooter Ban Is a Step Backward For Sustainable Transport
For the global city that has put the world on notice over the past decade for embracing sustainable transport, Paris recently took a disappointing step backward by enacting a ban on shared scooters, known locally as trottinettes.
April 3, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
This week, Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is back for our annual Prediction Show. This year, we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects.
March 30, 2023
New Law Would Honor Legacy of Slain Cyclist Sarah Langenkamp By Helping Cities Fill Bike Network Gaps
A new bill would encourage U.S. communities to use their federal safety dollars to fill the holes in city bike networks, and honor the legacy of an American hero who lost her life in one.
March 30, 2023
A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure
In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.
March 22, 2023
The AV Revolution Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking in Dense Cities
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.
March 21, 2023
Three Things To Know About the National Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ‘Epidemic’
Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to explode into a culture war against electric microbility.
March 20, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Roadways for People
We chat with Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering — plus better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.
March 16, 2023
‘Secretary Pete Can’t Save You’: FHWA OKs Houston Highway Expansion After Pause
"The lesson here is, Secretary Pete is not going to come in and save the day," said one highway opponent. "And he probably isn’t capable of saving the day."
March 15, 2023
Interview: What Does It Take To Start Your Own Bikeshare?
Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.
March 14, 2023
