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The CTA’s Ashland Bus Rapid Transit Plan Is Anything But Unprecedented
Opponents of the CTA’s plan to build fast, reliable bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue have argued that, despite the success of BRT in numerous international and U.S. cities, Ashland is a unique street where converting car lanes to dedicated bus lanes won’t work. Streetsblog readers also have asked for examples of systems that share the elements of the CTA’s plan: a four-lane street converted to two travel lanes plus center-running bus lanes, with most left turns prohibited, on-street parking, and some local, curbside bus service retained.
November 1, 2013
How StreetsPAC Emerged as a Political Force in NYC
"Livable Streets has arrived as a political force," tweeted NYC Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson the morning after last week's all-important primary election. StreetsPAC -- a political action committee formed earlier this year to strengthen local candidates who support policies that improve walking, biking and transit -- endorsed the winner in 13 of the 18 City Council races in which it was active, and might pick up another victory pending the results of a recount.
September 16, 2013
Why Chicago Is Lagging Behind Other Cities on Bike Parking Corrals
Not surprisingly, Portland, Oregon, leads the nation in on-street bike parking corrals, with 97 installed since 2004 and about 20 more going in each year. San Francisco, which installed its first corrals on Valencia Street in May 2010, now has 32 of them. New York City, which began installing corrals in August 2011, currently has 12. But Chicago, which debuted its first on-street racks, in front of Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Building, a month before New York, only has four corrals so far, with a fifth slated for Logan Square’s Revolution Brewing this spring.
March 8, 2013
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities for the Better
If it can work on Edgewater Drive in Orlando, it can work anywhere.
January 23, 2013