Recent Streetsblog USA posts about sidewalks

New Traffic Model Predicts How Changes Affect Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Apr 26, 2021 | No Comments

A new traffic forecasting model may soon give cities the tools they need to project how a proposed development will impact a pedestrian’s ability to get around — and rethink their decision if the stuff they want to build discourages people from walking.

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Streetsies 2020: The Year’s Best Transportation News

By Streetsblog | Dec 29, 2020 | No Comments

In a year that sucked big time, New Yorkers summoned their legendary toughness and made lemonade out of once-in-a-century lemons.

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Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space

By Nicole A. Murray | Jul 5, 2020 | No Comments

As the city opens streets for restaurants, we must ensure that businesses' interests do not crowd out public needs.

Stormbreaker Brewing’s latest addition is on North Beech Street off of Mississippi.
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)

Portlanders Celebrate (And Question) New Cafes

By Jonathan Maus | Jun 26, 2020 | No Comments

For years local transportation reform activists have pushed City of Portland to go beyond car storage and driving and think more creatively about what we can do with our streets. And when calls for new uses of street space were made, it was often restaurant owners who lined up to say their business would perish […]

NACTO Drops Playbook for Fighting COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | May 22, 2020 | No Comments

The group's member cities have been working hard to make public space as safe as possible during the pandemic — and the organization just compiled their best strategies.

COVID-19 Outdoor Dining Already Squeezing Walkers

By Kea Wilson | May 21, 2020 | No Comments

Cities across America are making space for socially-distanced dining on sidewalks — but they’re not all doing a great job of leaving space for socially-distanced walking in the same spaces. St. Louis, Mo., recently announced that restaurants will be allowed to cannibalize scarce sidewalk space for diners, but specified that eateries can’t touch the parking […]

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