The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
It’s Thursday, which means we have a brand new episode of Talking Headways hitting your feeds. This week, we’re joined by Adele Houghton of the Harvard School of Public Health and Carlos Castillo-Salgado of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to discuss their new book, Architectural Epidemiology: Architecture as a Mechanism for Designing a Healthier, More Sustainable, and Resilient World. We chat about how to architecture itself can create more healthy neighborhoods — and why it’s not just checking off boxes on a LEED checklist.
Plus: Seattle Bike Blog’s Tom Fuculoro challenged himself to experience his city through the eyes of someone who can’t operate a personal vehicle — including a bike. He wrote about his experience, which you can read here.
The common denominator in every car crashes is a car. So why don’t we talk about it?
The people of Toronto have shown up big to protect their bike lanes from removal. Will Americans stand with them?
Jalopnik points out that there are certain vehicles that average people have no business driving.
…and what we can do to protect our kids *and* the e-bike revolution.
While other countries work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. is moving in the opposite direction.
