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How Cars Constrain Freedom
When cars were first introduced, writes Jason Segedy at Notes from the Underground, they appeared to signify a tremendous advance for personal mobility and freedom. But Segedy -- who heads Akron's metropolitan planning agency, AMATS -- notes that over time, what has become a near-total reliance on cars for transportation has infringed on our freedom in important and sometimes difficult-to-recognize ways:
June 24, 2014
Pittsburgh and Bill Peduto Get Cracking on Downtown Bike Lanes
Big things are happening in Pittsburgh.
June 23, 2014
San Diego Added 39 Miles of Buffered Bike Lanes in the Last Year
San Diego has a deserved reputation for being not the friendliest place to ride a bike in the state of California.
June 20, 2014
An Atlanta Neighborhood’s Vanished Street Grid
Ever heard of Atlanta's Vine City? No? That could be because it was largely obliterated by urban renewal two generations ago.
June 19, 2014
The Case for Taxing Oil Before It Reaches the Pump
In the weeks leading up to the impending insolvency of America's transportation funding source, members of Congress have come up with some truly outlandish ideas just to avoid raising the gas tax.
June 18, 2014
What Else Could Cities Do With the Space Devoted to Cars?
Steve Mouzon’s aerial comparison of an Atlanta interchange to the center of Florence has a lot of people thinking about the sheer amount of space that gets sacrificed to make room for cars in our cities.
June 17, 2014
Cyclist Injuries Declined More in Cities With Bike-Share Than Without It
Last week, some very exciting new research was released, showing a significant drop in cyclist injuries in cities that launched bike-share systems. Unfortunately, the authors and many media organizations, like the Washington Post, overlooked that remarkable finding, and instead focused on one statistic that fails to tell the overall story: the proportion of cyclist injuries that are head injuries.
June 16, 2014
The Whole City of Florence Could Fit Inside an Atlanta Interchange
It's incredible how much we've given up in the United States all so we can travel slightly faster by car. The above graphic, revived by Lloyd Alter at Network blog Treehugger this week from an old blog post by author Steve Mouzon, really makes you stop and think.
June 13, 2014
In the Twin Cities, Population Still Clustered Where the Streetcar Went
It's been six decades since the Twin Cities' streetcar era. But as demonstrated by the above map, making the rounds on Twitter, population density in Minneapolis and St. Paul still reflects the region's historic streetcar routes.
June 12, 2014
A Decade of Growth for Transit-Accessible Neighborhoods in America
The first decade of the millennium saw significant growth for transit in America.
June 11, 2014