Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Livable Streets

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.

Driverless cars may not be the solution to road deaths. Image: IPAM, UCLA

City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars

By Aaron Short | Sep 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.

A Revel scooter in New York. Photo: Revel

Shared Motor-Scooters Coming to D.C.

By Aaron Short | Aug 6, 2019 | 4 Comments

The District Department of Transportation is launching a four-month pilot program to invite shared motor-scooters to zip through the city, officials announced last week.

Vancouver is seeking to make its lauded bike network even friendlier to children and seniors

Vancouver Builds a Better Bike Lane

By Aaron Short | Jun 10, 2019 | 8 Comments

The Pacific Rim city is trying to be an Amsterdam of the Americas. Here's how it's leading.

An outstanding intersection design in Chicago. Photo: NACTO

Transportation Leaders Demand Safer Crossings

By Aaron Short | May 21, 2019 | 5 Comments

More and more roads have protected bike lanes — but intersections are where the rubber (and sometimes pedestrians and cyclists) hits the road.

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