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A sample of the WayFinder App interface. Source: Smart Columbus

What People With Cognitive Disabilities Need from Transit

By Melissa L. Weber | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

A Columbus, Ohio research team is getting closer to releasing an app that could soon give people with cognitive disabilities more independence on mass transit systems across America. The Wayfinder app, developed by AbleLink Technologies in partnership with Smart Columbus, provides customizable support for users with cognitive difficulties, including disabilities stemming from medical conditions such […]

A May 30 Black Lives Matter protest in Philadelphia, Pa. Source: Joe Piette via Creative Commons.

Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets

By Amina Yasin | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.

Screenshot from the Moving to Action panel, Youtube

Why 'Centering Equity is a Matter of Life and Death'

By Kea Wilson | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Five visionary leaders shared their wisdom on how to take antiracist action in the built environment professions. Here are a few of the highlights for Streetsblog readers.

Car Sales Are On the Rise — Especially Trucks and SUVs

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments

Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.

'Fighting H.A.R.D.' Against Hit-and-Runs

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.

What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?

The project to widen Interstate 5 in Portland will only bring more congestion. Photo: KHSU.org

Talking Headways Podcast: Congestion Pricing in the United States

By Jeff Wood | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

Brianne Eby of the Eno Center for Transportation talks about the group's new report on congestion pricing.

A PDS senses three white-presenting pedestrians in its path. Source: Virginia Department of Transportation via Creative Commons.

Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.

Three Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

From soaring ridership to major expansion, there's new evidence that reports of the micromobility industry's early death to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.

Study: Police Aren't Deterring Texting Drivers Much

By Kea Wilson | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.

Talking Headways Podcast: Designing the Megaregion

By Jeff Wood | Jun 11, 2020 | No Comments

Talking to Jonathan Barnett about where the idea of megaregions came from, environmental planning within the landscape, the importance of transit connections in these regions, and how we can coordinate megaregions administratively.

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