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How Much of Your City Is Really Urban?
Editor's note: Read to the end of this post for an important update on the Streetsblog Network.
December 9, 2016
NTSB Finally Takes an Interest in Cycling Safety — Still Misses the Point
The National Transportation Safety Board is best known for investigating train crashes and plane crashes to figure out what went wrong.
August 8, 2016
Chris Christie's Transportation Record Is a Bigger Disaster Than Bridgegate
What a fiasco. Six years after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC transit tunnel under the Hudson so he could avoid raising the gas tax, the jig is up. The state has run out of transportation funding anyway.
August 4, 2016
DC Insurers Try Scare Tactics to Avoid Paying Victims of Reckless Driving
If a driver strikes you while you're walking or biking in D.C., there's a good chance you won't be allowed to sue for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering under the law.
June 27, 2016
Why Expensive Parking Is a Blessing
Patrick Kennedy at Dallas Magazine's Street Smart blog says that when parking gets expensive, the conventional wisdom he hears is that more parking should be built. But what high parking prices really signify, he writes, is simply a strong concentration of businesses and/or housing -- the parking isn't even necessary.
May 25, 2016
Transit Priority Streets Making a Comeback in D.C.
Forty years ago, the Washington region had 60 miles of bus lanes on its streets, a network that was erased once Metrorail started operating. Today passengers make about half a million trips on Metro buses each weekday, not a great deal less than Metrorail, but there is no network of priority streets for buses.
April 6, 2016
D.C. Metro Shutdown Should Be a Wakeup Call: Spend Smart on Transit
Today's emergency 24-hour shutdown of the D.C. Metro system is a transit embarrassment of epic proportions. The shutdown follows an electrical fire in a subway tunnel Monday, and will allow for system-wide safety inspections. Metro has been under federal control following a smoke inhalation death caused by a similar problem last year.
March 16, 2016
Death By a Thousand Cuts: Sprawl, State Neglect Crippling Cleveland Transit
According to a recent analysis by the Century Foundation, during the recession and recovery Cleveland transit riders endured more bus service cuts than any other major system in the country. But just a few years later Cleveland transit riders are facing further cuts, and a fare hike to boot.
February 25, 2016
Chris Christie Sticks It to Pedestrians for No Discernible Reason
In 2014, 170 people were killed while walking on New Jersey streets, accounting for 31 percent of total traffic deaths in the state (about double the national share). In addition, 13 people were killed while biking that year.
January 20, 2016
Free Parking Is a Terrible Investment for Transit Agencies
Does it make sense for cash-strapped transit agencies to spend millions of dollars on park-and-ride facilities and then give those parking spaces away for free?
January 15, 2016