Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Smart Growth America

To help put a face to the horrific statistics in the new Pedestrian Danger Index report, LaTanya Byrd gave a moving speech about the loss of her niece, Samara Banks, and her niece's three young children, Saadeem, Saasean, and Saamir, in a horrific 2013 crash. The road where they were killed — twelve-lane Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, Pa. — only received speed cameras last year, and has yet to be significantly redesigned, despite being the site of more than 700 crashes a year on average.

The Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers, Ranked

By Kea Wilson | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years — and the only one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.

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Inside the Smart Growth America Equity Summit

By Beth Osborne | Feb 2, 2021 | No Comments

The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.

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Streetsies 2019: Here are Your Transportation Heroes

By Aaron Short | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

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Bike Easy celebrates a tactical urbanism "small win" — a protected bike lane on Marconi Drive in New Orleans. Photo: Bike Easy

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There is Structural Racism in Transport: Report

By Aaron Short | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

Smart Growth America: include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism

Sprawl is nearly over in Boston, one of the most pedestrian-friendly cities in America.

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Walkable Areas Swiping Residents From Suburbs

By Aaron Short | Jul 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

"Walkable" neighborhoods are booming — and reclaiming residents and businesses from the suburbs.

The Bible Belt Should Really Be Called ‘The Carnage Corset’

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 23, 2019 | 105 Comments

Eight of the 10 most dangerous metro areas in the U.S. for pedestrians are in Florida, according to a new study by Smart Growth America. Of the remaining 12, eight are in the Deep South.

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