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The Accidental Protected Bike Lane
While protected bike lanes are being adopted by many American cities, in some places local officials still contend that these street redesigns are just too difficult to implement. But how hard is it to set aside street space where people feel comfortable biking?
June 2, 2014
Miami Official: Transit Won’t Work Because “Car Culture” Is “in Our DNA”
There are public officials like this in every city: so uninspiring and resigned to the status quo that they end up defending it.
May 30, 2014
Why Milwaukee’s New Train Platform Will Be Built at Two Heights
Here's an illuminating case study about the political and bureaucratic dysfunction that shapes transportation infrastructure in the United States.
May 29, 2014
Looking to Houston — Yes, Houston — as a Model for Better Street Design
The Houston Chronicle called it a "departure from what many consider the Houston model." City leaders in this Texas metropolis want to scale back the space for cars in the central city to make room for wider sidewalks and bike lanes.
May 28, 2014
What Makes Some Intersections More “Elastic” Than Others?
Of all the places we encounter throughout the day, intersections have perhaps the most strictly prescribed rules. But the way people actually behave at intersections differs a great deal, depending on the mode of transportation, the place, the time of day -- all sorts of factors.
May 27, 2014
Portland Considers Household “Street Fee” to Help Pay for Infrastructure
Portland leaders are moving ahead with plans for a monthly fee, charged to city households and businesses, to shore up local transportation budgets.
May 23, 2014
The Outward March of Sprawl Eats Away at Indianapolis
Indianapolis took extraordinary measures to limit the fallout as new development spread out from its borders and drained the city's resources. In 1970, the city redrew its political boundaries, effectively annexing its suburbs in a merged city-county government called Unigov.
May 22, 2014
Paris to Set Default Citywide Speed Limit Below 20 MPH
Slow-speed zones are an increasingly widespread tactic to improve street safety and urban livability. Inspired by a German town that limited motor vehicle speeds to 30 kilometers per hour -- or roughly 19 miles per hour -- British activists have made 20 mph zones a core street safety policy across the nation.
May 21, 2014
The Problem With “Same Road, Same Rules”
A recent post on Vox went viral with the argument that cyclists shouldn't have to make full stops at stop signs and should be allowed to proceed through red lights "Idaho stop"-style.
May 20, 2014
The Danger of Letting Your State DOT Plan Your City
If there's one place that should have internalized the lesson that more highways harm cities, it's St. Louis.
May 19, 2014