Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Quality of Life

Talking Headways Podcast: Building the Right Urban Sound

By Jeff Wood | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments

This week, I'm joined by Michiel Huijsman for a fascinating talk about how to think about the positive aspect of urban soundscapes — and how everyone hears everything differently.

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New York’s Mayor Adams Will Create a ‘Public Realm Czar’

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

The new public space czar would become the central node to oversee the different agencies that affect all public realm policies and projects, including the departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation.

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Going in Circles: Laws to Tame Helicopters Struggle to Take Off

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 12, 2022 | No Comments

Helicopters are like the weather: Everyone complains about them, but no one fixes the problem. Here's our deep dive into how all three branches of government have failed the public.

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Opinion: Cities Need Covered Outdoor Dining Year-Round!

By Charlotta Janssen | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments

Let's open the door to innovative ideas and solutions to re-social and redefine how we share public space safely (and save the restaurant industry).

Storrow Drive in Boston (in reality, a highway) looks much better as a park and light rail in AI artist Zach Katz's rendering. Image: Zach Katz

How DALL-E 2 Can Be a Valuable Tool in the Fight For Safer Streets

By Jamie Littlefield | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

Activists can use these intuitive tools to show stakeholders a better future — or a dystopian one.

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OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car

By John Massengale | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.

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