Livable Streets
Form-Based Codes Mean More Sustainable Cities
New research shows that prioritizing building "form" over their use leads to more sustainable cities.
July 8, 2025
Friday Video: What the U.S. Can Learn About Street Design From Tokyo
No sidewalks? No problem.
August 2, 2024
LETTER FROM SWEDEN: Congestion Pricing Will Make New York a World-Class City
The choice is ours, New York: We can live in a nice, calm, pleasant and economically vibrant European-styled civilization, or we can continue to drive ourselves straight to ruin.
May 13, 2024
Academics Conclude What We Already Know: Cyclists Are More Neighborly than Drivers
Cyclists are "better people" than drivers not only because of they get exercise or help the environment — they also have better ethics, a new study suggests.
October 31, 2023
What Do ‘Livable’ Streets Look Like in an Era of Driverless Cars?
Does a world of autonomous cars really have to make our streets less human?
October 3, 2023
New Calif. Slow Streets Offer a Sampler Platter of Quick-Build Safety Strategies
The city has a sampler platter of quick-build temporary traffic calming installations to experience for the rest of the year.
September 20, 2023
The Secret to a Flourishing Street Food Culture
Food trucks can help create a vibrant, people-centered streetscape. So why do so many American cities have laws limiting them?
August 25, 2023
Q&A: Two Barcelona Bike Activists On Mobilizing Against ‘Bikelash’
Streetsblog sat down with two cycling advocates from Barcelona to discuss their strategies for combating “bikelash.”
July 26, 2023
Inside a ‘Open Street’ Fight So Bitter, They Had to Call in a Mediator
We've seen divorces that were more amiable than a battle over a single roadway on the Upper West Side.
July 11, 2023
SEE IT: Streets Can Be So Much More than Car Sewers
Vital City asked architects and designers to re-envision concrete and pavement without cars. The results were awesome.
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June 30, 2023
