Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Smart Growth America

Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.

State Pols Make Safe Streets Activists in Indianapolis See Red over Right Turns

By George Kevin Jordan | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The Indianapolis City-County Council proposed several no-turn-on-red initiatives to improve safety. But then all hell broke loose at the statehouse.

Friday’s Headlines Ease Into the Weekend

By Blake Aued | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

It'd be great to jump on a fast train to the beach for Memorial Day, but there are a lot of reasons that's unlikely anytime soon.

This car would still get a five-star crash rating even if it's unsafe for pedestrians.

Feds Take Baby Step Towards Maybe, Possibly Improving the Car Safety Rating Program

By Gabriel Baumgaertner | May 25, 2023 | No Comments

Europe is so far ahead of us on this.

Electeds, DC Advocates Ride Together For Policy Change

By George Kevin Jordan | May 25, 2023 | No Comments

A recent ride through the nation’s capital brought advocates and politicos together to experience life behind a set of handlebars — and rally support for new policies that could make that experience less deadly.

For one week, just say no. Photo: Yonkers Honda with the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

Opinion: Could You Go a Week Without Driving? (Yes — And Here’s Why You Should)

By Anna Zivarts | May 25, 2023 | No Comments

If you can drive and can afford a car, you probably don’t understand what it’s like to rely, day in and out, on walking, rolling, transit, or asking or paying for rides. But this is every day for non-drivers.

Source: Portland Department of Transportation

Thursday’s Headlines Keep Riding

By Blake Aued | May 25, 2023 | No Comments

The post-pandemic bike boom appears to be sticking around, at least in cities that encouraged it by building new infrastructure.

Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

During the NACTO conference in Denver earlier this month, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. got to see the next generation in traffic circles — a design with a rotary so big that car drivers have to slow down. Check it out.

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Straw Men: The Fight Over Congestion Pricing Comes Down to Just 5,200 Drivers

By Dave Colon | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

A minuscule number of New York City residents commute by car to the tolling zone of Manhattan from homes that are more than one-half mile from high-speed public transit.