Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Street Design

Colorado Program Fixes Broken Streetlights Instead of Arresting People for Broken Windows

By Kea Wilson | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

A new Colorado program is seeking to curb crime by investing in safer, more accessible streets — and not just the crimes committed by drivers.

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City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments

"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."

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MassDOT Is Demolishing a Highway to Give Fall River Its Waterfront Back

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

MassDOT’s aptly named “Route 79 Improvements Project” will improve Route 79 – a four-lane elevated expressway – by demolishing it and rerouting traffic onto existing surface streets. Those surface streets will also get upgraded sidewalks, shared-use pathways, and crosswalks.

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How Trees Are Transforming Streets Across the US

By Grecia White | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

As the effects of climate change begin to worsen, replacing heat-absorbing pavement with new trees can help make a difference toward expanding our urban canopy when space is limited.

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NACTO Comes to Boston

By Grecia White | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

For the next three days, the Boston region will host hundreds of transportation engineers, planners, and transit officials from dozens of cities worldwide for the annual conference of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO).

Twitter account @betterstreetsai visualizes what the Brooklyn Queens Expressway could look like if it were covered over removed and replaced with a lush park.

This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2022 | No Comments

A New York artist is breaking through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.

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