Recent Streetsblog USA posts about State DOTs

Three Ways DOTs Can Help the Unhoused — On and Off the Road

By Kea Wilson | Feb 23, 2023 | No Comments

A new study finds that departments of transportation can and must do more to protect a particularly vulnerable group: the unhoused people who take shelter on and alongside American roads.

How Traffic Engineers Blame You for Their Profession’s Mistakes

By Seairra Sheppard | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

Street design and land use are at the root cause of a lot of the traffic safety challenges we see across the country, said one urban planner.

Report: State and Federal Officials Are Asleep at the Wheel on AV Safety

By Kea Wilson | Dec 6, 2022 | No Comments

"We have concerns about this technology now — not even considering how complex it might someday become," said one report author.

The memorial ghost bike installed in memory of Michael Weilert. Photo: Carla Gramlich

Opinion: Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?

By Marlene Druker | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments

We can’t keep using the places that poor people live in as highways for wealthier people to move through quickly.

Talking Headways Podcast: Texas Highway Tangle

By Jeff Wood | Oct 6, 2022 | No Comments

Why is there no affordable housing in Austin? The Texas DOT is a big force pushing for sprawl, a journalist finds.

State Street in Harrisburg is unsafe. Just look at it. But the mayor wants to make sure drivers are happy with any redesign.

...And Let's Make Harrisburg's State Street Safer

By Brandon Basom | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

In our second Pennsylvania piece today, we look at how the new mayor of Harrisburg has stalled an effort to redesign one of the most dangerous streets in the state amid — you guessed it — complaints about lost parking spaces.

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