Dutch Lessons for U.S. Streets
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If Bay Area planners want to know how to make the region safe and livable, just look across the ocean
Tuesday’s Headlines to Start the Week
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Lots of news from the holiday Monday.
Monday’s Headlines to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.
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We're off today to honor Martin Luther King Jr. but we'll be back tomorrow with our usual delightful mix of coverage. Until then, here are some headlines you might have missed from the weekend.
How to Stop Giving Parking Developers A Free Ride
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There are good reasons of efficiency and fairness for asking parking lot owners to pay more toward dealing with the costs they impose. A tax on parking could be one way to get it done.
Four Big Questions about Biden's Transportation Relief
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Transit advocates are applauding President-elect Biden's COVID-19 relief plan, but wonder whether it will be enough to save the green modes that millions of Americans rely on.
Do We Need Women-Only Transit?
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Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.
Friday’s Headlines to Round it Out
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All the news ... and some of it is even good!
Andrew Yang Throws Pedestrians Under the Bus
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Andrew Yang kicked off his mayoral campaign on Thursday with a four-borough transit-only tour, but along the way suggested pedestrians better stay out of some streets in a Yang administration.
NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike
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The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year — with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
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How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
Drivers Are Still Top Polluters, Even During Quarantine
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Not even months of quarantine orders that confined millions of Americans to their homes were enough to unseat passenger vehicle trips as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, a new study finds.
Trump Was Impeached, but Thursday’s Headlines Are Unimpeachable
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Congestion is down, the car payments are too damn high, secrets to a successful bike-share, and Sweden is creating a 1-minute city.