Florida
Complete Freeways? Florida Tries Bike Lanes on Highway Bridges
A few years ago, a person living in a working-class neighborhood of Miami and commuting to the tourism district in Miami Beach could pretty much forget about walking or biking there. Her choices were either to pay for the bus or buy a car, but healthy, active transportation was impossible -- or at least, illegal. Biking and walking were banned on the causeways between the mainland and the barrier islands.
September 25, 2014
Tampa, Florida: A Case Study in Saddling the Poor With Traffic Violence
You'd be hard-pressed to fund a more deadly place for pedestrians in all of the U.S. than Tampa's Hillsborough Avenue.
August 22, 2014
The Most Dangerous Places to Walk in America
Walking should be the healthiest, most natural activity in the world. It is, after all, one of the first things humans learn to do.
May 20, 2014
A Crosswalk Too Far: The Hunt for America’s Least Crossable Street
Last February, Streetsblog readers determined the worst intersection in America. Then you pinpointed a suburban area with streets so windy and disconnected, it would take a seven mile trip to travel between two houses that shared a back yard. And for two years running you've helped shame the nation's most parking-scarred downtowns.
May 14, 2014
It’s Rochester vs. Jacksonville in the Parking Madness Championship!
Forget Huskies vs. Wildcats -- today is all about parking crater vs. parking crater.
April 8, 2014
Parking Madness Final Four: Chicago vs. Jacksonville
We started with 16 parking craters and now we're down to the Final Four of Parking Madness.
April 4, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight Matchup: Dallas vs. Jacksonville
We're on to round two of Parking Madness, our search for the worst parking crater in North America. And I have to say, the parking craters in this match do seem to have descended to a new level of horribleness.
March 31, 2014
Parking Madness: Calgary vs. Jacksonville
Parking Madness has gone international. Today we welcome our first parking crater contender from outside the United States, as Canada's third largest city faces off against the home of the Gator Bowl. It's Calgary versus Jacksonville.
March 21, 2014
Pedestrian Deaths Edge Down, Following Unexplained 3-Year Rise
After three years of rising pedestrian deaths in America, there's some good news this week about the safety of people on foot.
March 6, 2014
UPDATED: Last Night’s Quiet Transit Victories
Yesterday was a relatively quiet election day for transportation-related ballot measures, but of the six transit initiatives that came before voters yesterday, five six passed, with a sixth seventh too close to call. That’s in line with last year’s 79 percent success rate -- 71 percent since 2000. When asked, voters overwhelmingly choose to raise their own taxes to improve public transportation.
November 6, 2013