Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Livable Streets

Can the driverless cars of the future be bent into an opportunity to prioritize people? NACTO hopes so. 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.

The proposal for Kenmore Square.

(Image: Studio Gang Architects, Reed Hilderbrand, and Speck & Associates.)

How To Fix A Fork (In The Road)

By Jeff Speck | Feb 1, 2019 | 16 Comments

Streets that fork at non-right angles create complicated intersections with dangerous sight lines and signals with too many phases. Here's an innovative fix.

Engineers to Pedestrians: No ‘Walk’ Signs for You!

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 11, 2019 | 19 Comments

The traffic engineering profession says intersections with no "Walk" signal are a-okay. Even as pedestrian deaths soar.

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