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Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves
In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s social distancing guidelines, several DC residents are now placing traffic cones on neighborhood streets to effectively widen sidewalks.
April 14, 2020
Friday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
Where are people really sheltering in place? And how much is transit ridership really down? Find out by clicking here.
April 3, 2020
Ten Ways Every City Should Respond to COVID-19 On Its Streets, Compiled by NACTO
In the absence of federal leadership on how to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe during COVID19, cities are stepping up and sharing resources themselves.
March 31, 2020
Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19
Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
March 24, 2020
Transit Agencies Seek $25B from Congress
The leaders of 10 transit systems — from coast to coast — are begging Washington for "at least" $25 billion in emergency funding as they battle the twin symptoms of the coronavirus: freefalling ridership and additional costs.
March 23, 2020
We Can Have Public Process Without Public Meetings
As cities and towns across Massachusetts embrace increasingly strict social distancing measures, hundreds of public meetings across the state are being cancelled.
March 16, 2020
Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit
Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?
March 12, 2020
New York May Create a ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’
Families for Safe Streets pioneers a first-in-the-nation plan to give victims of road violence the same rights that crime victims have.
March 4, 2020
Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
February 24, 2020
Mayors: Cars Are Killing Us, But We Can’t Stop It
"On many questions, a sizable portion of mayors appear unwilling to implement — or are unaware of — best practices in transportation planning," the annual Menino Survey of Mayors concluded.
February 17, 2020
