The Science Is Clear: More Highways Equals More Traffic. Why Are DOTs Still Ignoring It?
Numerous studies have documented the phenomenon known as induced demand in transportation: Basically, if you build highway lanes, more drivers will come. And yet, transportation agencies rarely account for this effect when planning road projects.
June 21, 2017
A Tribute to Branden Klayko, Who Loved Louisville and Wanted His City to Be Its Best
We want to take a moment to honor the life of Branden Klayko, an architect and Louisville native who founded the local blog Broken Sidewalk, which was part of the Streetsblog Network for years.
June 20, 2017
Highway Planners Pause to Consider the Effect of Road Widening on Detroit Neighborhoods
Standard practice for the highway planners at state DOTs is to sacrifice all other concerns at the altar of fast car traffic. Nowhere has the effect been more obviously detrimental than Detroit, where the overbuilt freeway system helped hollow out one of America's largest cities. But highway planners in Michigan are starting to listen to people who say they want something different.
June 19, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Study: Uber and Lyft Account for 15 Percent of Vehicle Trips in San Francisco (Examiner) How Oslo Is Responding to Backlash Against Its Central City Car Ban (Guardian) Subprime Auto Loans From 2015 May Be Worst Performing Ever (Bloomberg) Study: Reserved Parking Triples Likelihood of Car Ownership (via Science Direct) Can You Guess the City … Continued
June 14, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Cary Moon, Who Led Charge Against Seattle’s Infamous Highway Tunnel, to Run for Mayor (The Stranger) Maryland to Spend $100 Million Widening I-270 (WaPo) Nashville Adds First Downtown Protected Bike Lane (News Channel 5) How Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Affect Amtrak Service Nationally (CityLab) Atlanta Bike-Share Adds 400 Bikes (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Cable Car System Proposed … Continued
April 20, 2017
We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?
What is stopping us from implementing solutions to prevent distracted driving? We have the technology. The problem is, the smartphone industry doesn't want to use it.
April 19, 2017
The Human Toll of Normalizing Distracted Driving
Nowhere is the culture of permissiveness more apparent, or deadly, than in Texas, where about 3,500 people lose their lives in traffic every year. It is one of just four states that doesn't ban texting and driving.
April 19, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Trump’s “Buy America” Order Will Make Infrastructure More Expensive (Vox) Schumer Hasn’t “Heard a Peep” From Trump About Working Together on Infrastructure (NY Daily News) Washington State Will Aim for Zero Pedestrian Deaths (Chinook Observer) Nashville to Require More Developers to Provide Sidewalks (Tennessean) Trump Budget Leads to the Cancellation of Bus Rapid Transit Project in … Continued
April 19, 2017
How to Spot a Highway Boondoogle
With the Trump Administration purportedly gearing up to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, it's time for a refresher on the perils of highway boondoggles.
April 18, 2017
Study: Drivers With Smart Phones Use Them Almost Every Time They Drive
Motorists with smart phones use their devices in 88 out of every 100 trips, according to data collected by Zendrive, a company that assesses driving behavior using the sensors in smart phones. Extrapolating to the entire population, Zendrive estimates there are about 600 million trips involving distracted driving in the U.S. each day.
April 17, 2017
