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The Stakes Are High for Transit as Congress Dithers Over Transpo Funds
"Stand up for transportation" rallies are happening right now all over the country, demanding Congress put an end to the uncertainty surrounding federal transportation funding.
April 9, 2015
Seattle’s Making It Easier for Families With Kids to Ride the Bus
Traveling on transit with a toddler is challenging enough. But transit agency policies can make the situation a lot worse.
April 8, 2015
Designing Roads for Higher “Level of Service” Isn’t About Safety
Traffic engineers have an maddening tendency to hold out "Level of Service" -- a measure of motorist delay -- like a trump card. We need to widen this road, they'll say, because otherwise drivers will angrily stew in traffic, and then there might be "accidents," or some other dire consequence.
January 7, 2015
Oklahoma City Weighs 3-Foot Passing Rule — For Cyclists, Not Drivers
Lots of places have three-foot passing laws requiring motorists to give cyclists a safe buffer while overtaking them. Now one Oklahoma City legislator, Eighth Ward City Council Member Pat Ryan, has come up with a new, passive-aggressive spin on the passing law.
January 6, 2015
Looking Ahead to the Year in Transit Expansion
After significant transit construction in the United States in 2014, the next year will see another impressive round of groundbreakings and new openings. That's according to Yonah Freemark at the Transport Politic, who has catalogued major transit expansion projects throughout the U.S. and Canada for the last six years.
January 5, 2015
Wishing for “Truly Open Streets” in 2015
It's a new year, and around the Streetsblog Network people are posting their 2014 retrospectives and resolutions for the year ahead.
January 2, 2015
To Build Safer Streets, Cities Have to Challenge State DOTs
Have you ever heard this line from your local transportation officials? "We'd like to redesign this street for safety, but the state won't allow it." Often, that is indeed the truth.
December 22, 2014
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to Rip Out City’s First Protected Bike Lane
Mt. Prospect Avenue in Newark has New Jersey's first protected bike lane, as far as we know. But unfortunately it looks like the Garden State will soon be back to zero.
December 19, 2014
Cities Won’t Turn Out the Way Highway Builders Predict
The highway lobby in Dallas keeps beating the same drum: They talk about projected population growth and predict that highways will become a massive logjam. So they argue Dallas should be building, building, building new highways for these future drivers at a furious pace.
December 18, 2014
Using a Construction Project to Predict the Effect of a Road Diet
Barbur Boulevard in Portland is one of the city's most deadly streets, and advocates there have pushed for a road diet that would slow traffic and provide comfortable space for biking and walking. But the state DOT has refused to change the road, in large part due to objections from the local chamber of commerce.
December 17, 2014