Parks
Who’s a Good Boy? Five Ways To Make Cities More Dog Friendly (Without the Car)
People who live with dogs are more likely to own cars and drive them — which is big news even without us running lots of photos of Kea Wilson's dog!
December 7, 2021
Take Amtrak to the Newest National Park
...But car-free tourists aren't getting much help from Amtrak and others in the New River Gorge region. A retired pharmacist and Streetsblog are trying to change that.
August 23, 2021
Study: Parks in Non-White Neighborhoods Are Half As Large and 5x As Crowded
When we allow car-focused infrastructure to strangle urban parklands, we endanger vulnerable lives in more ways than one.
August 10, 2020
A Lot of Golf Courses Should Probably Be Parks
April 28, 2020
Boondoggle: A Texas-Sized Mess of a Highway Plan
Deadly and sprawling Houston does not need this $7-billion widening and rebuilding highway project.
June 19, 2019
In Tenth Year of Park(ing) Day, Parklets Bloom on Six Continents
Cities on six continents are celebrating Park(ing) Day today, now in its tenth year of temporarily transforming curbside space for cars into public spaces for people. Some of the pop-up parks that caught our eye this Park(ing) Day include:
September 19, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Play the Gray Away
Jeff and I had a great time this week, getting all outraged at the short-sighted move by the Tennessee Senate to ban dedicated lanes for transit, and high and mighty about cities that devote too much space to surface parking at the expense of just about everything else. And then we treat ourselves to a fun conversation about the origin of the American playground -- and whether the entire city should be the playground.
April 2, 2014
A Highway Teardown Appears Likely, In an Unlikely Place
As the nation prepares for the expansion of the Panama Canal and all port cities go crazy deepening and widening everything in sight, the second biggest biggest port in the country is doing something unexpected: planning a highway teardown.
November 22, 2013
Gridlock Everywhere: Congressional Impasse Shuts Down DC’s Trails
Washington, DC's bicycle commuters woke up this morning to find that one popular rail-trail was closed due to the government shutdown, which took effect at midnight.
October 1, 2013
Park(ing) Day 2013: DC Edition
There's only one reason to be inside on a beautiful day like today, and that is to upload pictures of this beautiful day. More to the point, it's Park(ing) Day, a celebration of better uses for on-street parking spaces. All over this city, and in cities around the country, temporary parklets have sprung up in spaces normally reserved for car storage. They're a real-life illustration of how much more vibrant our cities could be if we let people take up street space instead of cars.
September 20, 2013