Americans Are Poised to Drive Less In 2020
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Americans don't usually make New Year's resolutions to drive their cars less, but it may be happening anyway.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about West Virginia
How to Repair a Parking Crater in Three Steps
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[Before we started up the bracket for this year’s Parking Madness tournament, I got in touch with Donald Shoup, who literally wrote the book on parking reform, and asked him to pick the worst parking crater in the field of 16. Here’s his response, packaged with some advice for cities that have a parking crater problem. — Angie Schmitt] All the entries […]
The 2015 Parking Madness Championship! Camden vs. Parkersburg
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Welcome to the World Series of asphalt. The Super Bowl of lifeless city blocks. Today is the Parking Madness championship — the culmination of our 16-city tournament showcasing the worst parking craters to scar America’s downtowns. Are you excited? We are! Streetsblog readers have winnowed the field down to two of the finest examples of poor urban land […]
Parking Madness Final Four: Syracuse vs. Parkersburg
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Only the ugliest, most wasteful parking craters are still in the running, as the Parking Madness Final Four winnows down to two finalists after this match. The winner will take on Camden, which narrowly defeated Fort Worth, for a chance at the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, we hope, some good awareness-raising opportunities for local advocates. So far your […]
Parking Madness Elite Eight: Parkersburg vs. Amarillo
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There’s just one spot left in the Final Four of Parking Madness, and it’s going either to Parkersburg, West Virginia, or Amarillo, Texas. Gaze upon on these sad city spaces and despair. Then vote to decide who should stay in the running for the Golden Crater. Parkersburg, West Virginia This small Appalachian city overcame a parking […]
In West Virginia, T&I Committee Kicks Off Field Hearings on Long-term Bill
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Before crafting their $556 billion transportation proposal, Obama administration officials toured the country, holding a series of listening sessions to hear what people wanted in a long-term transportation bill. Now, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is doing the same thing — but don’t expect committee Republicans to come to the same conclusions as the […]