Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Driving

What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2022 | No Comments

There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.

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Study: Speed Cams Save Lives, But Communities of Color Get More Tix

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

City officials say they plan to use the report to improve the program.

REPORT: In 2021, Drivers Nearly Erased 2020 Climate Wins

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation emissions climbed back to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels during 2021 — and that modest reduction was almost entirely attributable to decreases in air travel not driving, a new study finds.

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Who Should We Be Building Bikeways For?

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.

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Chicago Study Shows Speed Cameras are Saving Lives

By John Greenfield | Jan 6, 2022 | No Comments

The new report compared the changes in crash numbers near speed cameras and citywide between 2012-13 and 2018-2019 and confirmed that collision numbers have stayed relatively low near the cams.

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How Parking Minimums Lead to Maximum Rents

By Richard Day | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide.

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