Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Livable Streets

State Street in Salt Lake City. Photo: I, Padraic Ryan via wikimediacommons

Op/Ed: Western Transport Officials Ignore Road Safety

By Taylor Anderson | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

A conference takes place on a dangerous road — but street safety is not on the agenda.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole

By Jeff Wood | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Hollander chats with us about a range of topics, including VMT Taxes, using eye-tracking software to measure the effects of the built environment on people’s minds, and the most recent census release.

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More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Flooded Subways

By Dave Colon | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.

Times Square is the best example of turning car space into public space. You can still see the segments of Broadway, now filled with people, in this shot looking downtown from the north side of the Crossroads of the World.

TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas

By Eve Kessler | May 28, 2021 | No Comments

Want to turn underused street space into people space? A cool video shows you the ropes.

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A Blueprint for a Safer NYC?

By Dave Colon | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments

Transit and safe streets are the foundation for climbing out of the coronavirus pandemic because street safety and transit improvements "can boost mobility, access, safety, and resiliency," a coalition of groups argue.

A design firm proposed new guiding principles for planners and engineers: ethics, equity, and empathy. Image: Toole Design

Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’

By Aaron Short | Sep 20, 2019 | 2 Comments

A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.

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