Koch Bros. Cash Helping to Kill Phoenix Transit
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The Latino business owner who was the face of the campaign has quit, saying she was "used."
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Promoted
Shared Motor-Scooters Coming to D.C.
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The District Department of Transportation is launching a four-month pilot program to invite shared motor-scooters to zip through the city, officials announced last week.
Des Moines Rezoning is Anti-Urban—And Maybe Racist
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The Iowa capital is proposing zoning changes that discourage density, will raise the cost of housing, and undermine transit.
Autonomous Car Industry’s Frightening Vision for Cities
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Cattle gates for pedestrians in NYC. "Antiseptic cities." This is what auto industry officials tell the New York Times they envision for self-driving cars.
Drivers Are More Dangerous Near Women Cyclists
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Research finding that drivers pass women more closely may help explain why women express greater fears about cycling.
Talking Headways Podcast: Vehicle Miles Traveled and Electric Utilities
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Let's talk about how measuring vehicle miles traveled is a better metric.
Lessons of Los Angeles’s Transit Tax: Money Isn’t Everything
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Money isn’t everything. A new report is taking the measure of a half-cent sales-tax hike that three years ago sought to transform transit funding in Southern California — and finding that, while such a tax can be sold to the public, it is much harder to muster political support for long-term infrastructure spending. The tax […]
Feds' Baby Steps Towards Climate Awareness
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A lot more money for highways. A little more money for bikes and bridge repair. But what else is in the new Transportation bill moving through Congress?
Washington Faces Car Tax Reckoning
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Washington State could risk losing $4 billion in transportation funds if voters pass a ballot measure to slash a vehicle fee this November, a new report shows.
Senate’s $287B Road Repair Offers Just .4% for Biking
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Two U.S. Senators are pushing a bill that would allocate $287 billion to fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges — with less than one percent of it set aside to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe.
A Denver Newscaster’s Epic Takedown of Bike-Lane Nimbys
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Local news coverage of bike safety can be dreadful. So we’ve got to hand it to Kyle Clark of 9News in Denver. After a group of homeowners tried to halt the construction of a bike lane on South Marion Street, Clark responded with an appeal for compassion and reason, noting that a woman had been […]