Why Is Transit Ridership Falling?
Transit ridership took a turn for the worse in 2016. In all but a handful of cities, fewer people rode trains and buses, and it's not just a one-year blip, either. In many American cities, the drop in transit ridership is an established trend. The big question is why.
March 20, 2017
Parking Madness 2017 Tip-Off: St. Louis vs. Sacramento
Welcome to the first match in the first round of Streetsblog's 2017 Parking Madness tournament, our 16-city bracket highlighting the worst "parking craters" in North America. This year, we're focusing on a specific type of parking disaster: transit stations engulfed by car storage.
March 17, 2017
Think of Trump’s Budget as an Attack on Cities
Yesterday Donald Trump released a budget outline that calls for severe cuts to transit, and the reaction was swift and scathing. The National Association of City Transportation Officials called it "a disaster" for cities. Transportation for America said it was a "slap in the face" for local communities that have raised funds to expand transit.
March 17, 2017
Busting the Myth of the “Scofflaw Cyclist”
According to a certain perspective that seems to hold sway among local newspaper columnists, bicyclists are reckless daredevils who flout the road rules that everyone else faithfully upholds. But the results of a massive survey published in the Journal of Transport and Land Use point to a different conclusion -- everyone breaks traffic laws, and there's nothing extraordinary about how people behave on bikes.
March 16, 2017
Trump’s Budget Takes an Axe to Transit
The Trump administration has released its budget blueprint, and it's a bloodbath for everything that's not defense spending. In keeping with the budget's general hostility to cities, transit would be hit especially hard.
March 16, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Trump Budget Is a Disaster for Cities and Transit (WaPo, Vox) Housing Advocates Fear Big HUD Cuts (WaPo) Trump Likely to Face Congressional Resistance to Scorched-Earth Budget (The Atlantic) In Detroit, Trump Hypes Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards (NYT, USA Today) London Mayor Sadiq Khan Proposes £770 Million for Bike Initiatives (The Guardian) Tempe Police’s Jaywalking Crackdown — “A Tax on … Continued
March 16, 2017
If You Want to Know Trump’s Infrastructure Priorities, Focus on His Budget
Donald Trump's big infrastructure plan is still more of a rumor than an actual plan, leading to widespread speculation about his transportation priorities. But we don't have to wait for major new legislation to get a clear sense of what the White House thinks is important.
March 15, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Work Going on Behind the Scenes on Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan (The Hill) Trump Team Wants to Use Arbitration to Speed Infrastructure Projects (Reuters) If the EPA Eases Emission Standards, California’s Prepared for a Fight (SF Chronicle) Seattle Will Replace Elevated Highway With Highway Tunnel + 8-Lane Surface Speedway (Seattle Times) Detroit’s M1 Rail to … Continued
March 15, 2017
When Will America’s Street Design Bible Enter the 21st Century?
Last year, the number of people killed on U.S. roads surged back above 40,000. But you don't see much urgency on the part of the transportation engineering establishment to change a failing street design paradigm. So we checked in with one of the engineers in charge of America's street design bible.
March 14, 2017
Reimagining Miami’s Waterfront Speedway as a Street for People
Miami's Biscayne Boulevard is eight roaring lanes of traffic cutting off downtown from the waterfront. But maybe not for long. In what could be a transformative project, the city is looking to convert this surface speedway into a walkable boulevard.
March 14, 2017
