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One Reason Federal Funding Is So Important to Transit
If you've been looking to Washington for a solution to the nation's transportation funding problems, it looks like you're going to be waiting a while.
March 12, 2013
Memphis Marching Forward on Safe Streets
Something important is happening in Memphis, Tennessee.
March 11, 2013
Voices From the National Women’s Bicycling Forum
For the second year running, the Women's Bicycling Forum kicked off the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC. About 300 people attended, and Streetfilms got to take their pulse on the state of bicycling for women and collect some suggestions about how to grow the number of women who ride.
March 7, 2013
AAA Releases Bike Safety PSA at Bike Summit
Why would a representative from AAA be the keynote speaker at the National Bike Summit?
March 6, 2013
How to Turn a Public Parking Space Into a Private Storage Locker, Legally
Given the extent to which we subsidize car parking in the United States -- take a public asset and essentially turn it into an under-priced, private commodity -- it's surprising we don't see the system abused more often.
March 6, 2013
Seeking Submissions: The Worst Parking Crater in an American Downtown
Alright, Streetsblog readers. Send us your best shots.
March 5, 2013
Nevada, Miami, and St. Louis Take Steps Backward on Pedestrian Policy
From around the Streetsblog Network today, here are a few developments affecting the walking environment in cities from Miami to Las Vegas. The news, unfortunately, is mostly bad.
March 5, 2013
How to Diversify Bicycle Culture in Three Easy Steps
Everything you think you know about bicycling is wrong. At the National Women’s Bicycling Forum this morning, one message came through: the underrepresentation of women and people of color in cycling isn't simply due to safety concerns and lack of protected infrastructure, as is often surmised. It's more complicated than that.
March 4, 2013
Washington State Lawmaker: Cyclists Cause Pollution By Exhaling
We've heard some silly arguments against cycling before, but this one from Washington State Representative Ed Orcutt... well, it speaks for itself.
March 4, 2013
Political Piñata Amtrak Is the Fastest Growing Transportation Mode
Let it be known: Amtrak is the fastest!
March 1, 2013