The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
It’s amazing how much energy our political system has to waste simply to make drivers stop killing people. First, in New York, a majority of members of the City Council want to ban parking near intersections, a street safety design called “daylighting.” It’s a no-brainer, but month after month, supporters have to rally and beg the mayor to approve the change — and he resists. Well, now at least, a courageous Republican lawmaker has joined the fight.
Meanwhile, around the country, states are taking up bills to require speed-limiting technology to be installed inside the cars of the worst drivers. All it would do is make sure those drivers can’t exceed the speed limit — no biggie, right? Wrong: These measures take valuable political capital to pass (when they even do).
Hate to be pessimistic as the weekend comes, but there you are.
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
There’s a downside to enforcing traffic laws when cities do it to raise revenue rather than to save lives.
It might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?
…or plaza, or transit route, or any other investment in public space
Rural communities can hardly support transit as it is, and they’ll be hurt worst by Republicans’ transportation bill.
