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A number of studies have attempted to put a figure on the reduction in vehicles that results from car sharing services. Research from UC Berkeley's Susan Shaheen goes a step further and quantifies how car sharing reduces driving. Even though most customers didn't own their own cars before subscribing, Shaheen found that the overall impact of car sharing is to lower all customers' vehicle mileage by about a quarter.

There's excitement brewing over a couple of big changes coming to downtown Hartford, Connecticut, that could bring back some of the vitality that's been lost over the years. The area is preparing for a new campus of the University of Connecticut as well as a minor-league baseball stadium.

Columbus, Ohio, population 820,000, is technically America's 15th largest city. But its transit system has never lived up to its big-city aspirations. The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) carries just 64,000 riders daily. By comparison, Cleveland's Red Line, a single rail route, carries 26,000 people a day.

If you live in a town that doesn't consider pedestrian safety a very high priority, the signs are probably pretty obvious if you spend any time walking.

After nine years of planning, strategizing and outreach, community activists in Philadelphia have a new pedestrian plaza in Center City. The Triangle at 23rd, South, and Grays Ferry Avenue looks pretty awesome, doesn't it?

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.

A massive expansion of bike and transit infrastructure. Congestion pricing to keep traffic jams in check. A new transportation proposal from the District Department of Transportation, moveDC, would transform the way people get around America's capital.

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?

There are public officials like this in every city: so uninspiring and resigned to the status quo that they end up defending it.