Transit and Bikes: Meant for Each Other
Too often, in the struggle for meager financial resources, progressive transportation advocates can become divided -- and the division sometimes leaves bicyclists on one side and transit boosters on the other. Today, Streetsblog Network member blog Cyclelicious makes the case that not only do bikes need transit, transit needs bikes to increase efficiency and ridership, giving the example of Caltrain in the Bay Area:
February 12, 2009
An Attempt to Create Empathy in Drivers
One of the issues that continually bedevils the members of the Streetsblog Network is how to get drivers to slow down and pay attention.
February 11, 2009
Meet the New AASHTO?
Today on the Streetsblog Network, member blog Beyond DC has a question: "Where is the old AASHTO and what have you done with them?"
February 10, 2009
Contrarian Thinking: Against Transportation
As the two chambers of the Congress haggle over the stimulus plan (see The Transport Politic's handy comparison of transpo-related spending in the House and Senate bills), we'll take a moment to step back and look at the bigger picture, courtesy of Streetsblog Network member blog Where. They have a post entitled "Against Transportation" that poses these questions:
February 9, 2009
Columbus and Its Mall: This Marriage Can’t Be Saved
The New York Times published an article a few days ago on the waning of the American mall, presenting the nation's relationship to its shopping centers -- and the rampant consumerism that relationship represents -- as a troubled marriage:
February 6, 2009
What Does Profitability Mean for Transit?
Today on the Streetsblog Network, we're featuring a post from The Transport Politic, in which he takes up a discussion with Cap'n Transit about what constitutes profitability for a transit system:
February 5, 2009
Senate Stimulus Action Leaves the Network Cold
Last week, the Streetsblog Network was tentatively hopeful about the way the stimulus package was shaping up in the House, as members of that body voted to approve an amendment from Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, to add $3 billion for transit.
February 4, 2009
Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus?
As our own economic-recovery package moves through Congress, Streetsblog Network member Stimulus Bike looks at the massive stimulus spending on transportation being rolled out in China, which was analyzed in a recent New York Times article. Much of China's money is going to high-speed rail, according to the Times:
February 3, 2009
Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It’s About the Law
Today's featured post on the Streetsblog Network comes from WalkBikeCT. Looking at the European model for encouraging cycling and walking, it argues that infrastructure can't do the job alone -- to change attitudes toward driving will require changing the law:
February 2, 2009
Thinking Big: What About an Interstate Rail System?
With all the billions of dollars rolling around the headlines lately, it's not surprising that some of the Streetsblog Network members are thinking big. The Transport Politic, for instance, today presents a grand vision for an interstate rail system:
January 30, 2009