Recent Streetsblog USA posts about The Brake

Interview: What Does It Take To Start Your Own Bikeshare?

By Streetsblog | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments

Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.

Camp North End in Charlotte, N.C., which Tesho Akindele is helping to develop, and Tesho himself. Photos:Camden and Hailey George, CC and Andy Witchger, CC

Can Athletes Help Solve Urbanism’s PR Problem? Soccer Star Tesho Akindele Thinks So

By Streetsblog | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments

If the typical professional athlete talks about transportation at all, it's usually in the context of a mulit-million SUV commercial. Soccer star Tesho Akindele, though, isn't the typical athlete — and as he transitions out of his career on the field, he wants to make a full-time job out of building walkable, bikeable, equitable cities.

The (Too-Brief) History of Traffic Violence Memorials in America

By Kea Wilson | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

Mass memorials to the victims of traffic violence are a rarity on American roads. But it wasn't always that way — and there's a fascinating history behind why so many lost lives have become virtually invisible in the public realm today.

Podcast: Who Gets Hurt When Cities Ban E-Scooters?

By Streetsblog | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

On today's special edition of The Brake, we're re-broadcasting an episode of Charles T. Brown's "Arrested Mobility" podcast that centered around what happened when St. Louis forced e-scooters out of its downtown — featuring our own Kea Wilson!

Left: Cody Lannom, CC". Right: Courtesy Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

What the Last Decade Has Done for the Walkability Movement

By Streetsblog | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

In 2012, Jeff Speck’s Walkable City sparked a conversation about why pedestrianized places matter and became one of the best-selling books about the built environment in recent memory. Ten years later, though, so much about the world has changed — even as human-centered communities have become more important than ever.

What It’s Really Like to Lose Someone to Traffic Violence

By Streetsblog | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

More than 100,000 Americans lose a loved one in a car crash every single year. So why don't more of us talk about it — and why don't more of us take action to prevent other families from enduring those tragedies, too?

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