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.
It might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?
Rural communities can hardly support transit as it is, and they’ll be hurt worst by Republicans’ transportation bill.
Two of our favorite YouTubers teamed up for a great explainer on the history of anti-bike bias in the United States.
Oh, wait, there are no pedals? Let me try to pull up the brakes on this touchscreen.
Advertisements give transit systems across the country badly-needed revenue. But how much is too much?
