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Commuter Idyll Winner Jake Williams Tells His Dramatic Story of Salvation
When we saw that Washington's news-traffic-weather radio station, WTOP, was holding a "Commuter Idle" contest for the worst commute in the DC area -- and rewarding it with $1,000 in gas money -- we couldn't resist. We went looking for the best "Commuter Idyll" -- the trips to work that made people happy, got them fresh air, helped them fit exercise into their day, gave them some extra time to sleep or read, and brought them to work more clear-headed and ready to tackle the day. And Streetsblog readers had lots of great stories to share of ditching long car commutes for transit, biking, or walking. We shared some of them yesterday.
May 10, 2013
Maryland Cops Show How Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Should Be Done
So many times, "pedestrian stings" by law enforcement agencies end up just handing out a lot of tickets for jaywalking.
May 10, 2013
Has Scott Walker Finally Found a Way to Kill the Milwaukee Streetcar?
Building a streetcar in a Midwestern city without rail transit is political bloodsport. As Cincinnati can testify, something about the threat of adding rail transit to a city that doesn't have it really agitates some elements of the Midwestern right wing establishment.
May 9, 2013
The Debate About Bike Infrastructure Has Been Settled
For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass. Network blogger Elly Blue at Taking the Lane says the debate has been settled.
May 8, 2013
Do American Transit Projects Suffer From a Democracy Deficit?
Alon Levy at Pedestrian Observations ran a thought-provoking post today about the level of democratic involvement that goes into major American transportation projects.
May 7, 2013
Boston to NYC: Bike-Share Will Be Worth It
As New York readers know, bike-share stations are hitting the streets after the program encountered a few snags last year. When members start taking the first rides on Citi Bike later this month, it will be the nation's largest bike-share system, launching with 6,000 bikes.
May 6, 2013
The Incompatibility of Resilience and Sprawl
Leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area recently came together to discuss the idea of resilience -- whether the region can withstand big shifts like climate change and oil price shocks, and bounce back from unanticipated setbacks.
May 3, 2013
Tell Us About Your “Commuter Idyll”
Before I became your editor here at Streetsblog Capitol Hill, I was a reporter for WTOP, the DC area’s “most-listened-to” radio station. Its traffic reports “on the 8s” helped feed my ire toward auto-centrism – they wasted one out of every 10 minutes of airtime on an unintelligible litany of route numbers and exits. Meanwhile, I only got 35 seconds for actual news stories.
May 3, 2013
The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and Why It Barely Registers
In 2010, 4,280 pedestrians were killed in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and another 70,000 were injured. That's one death every two hours.
May 2, 2013
If Americans Don’t Like Walkable Cities, Why Aren’t They Cheaper?
An acquaintance once told me that Joel Kotkin is like the climate change denier of the urbanism world.
May 1, 2013