Chris Christie’s Transportation Record Is a Bigger Disaster Than Bridgegate
What a fiasco. Six years after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC transit tunnel under the Hudson so he could avoid raising the gas tax, the jig is up. The state has run out of transportation funding anyway.
August 5, 2016
How the New Google Maps May Change the Way You See the City
What can a Google Maps visual teach us about the cities we live in?
August 5, 2016
It’s KC vs. Silver Spring in the Final Round of America’s Sorriest Bus Stop
This is it, folks -- the championship round of Streetsblog's Sorriest Bus Stop tournament.
August 5, 2016
Where the People Walk: A Global Glance at Walking Rates
The way we move around is shaped by many factors -- the physical environment, culture, technology, and economic status, to name a few. A new report from the engineering firm Arup, "Cities Alive: Towards a Walking World," looks at how motorized cities can become walkable again.
August 3, 2016
America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Silver Spring vs. Boston
The competition to be named America's Sorriest Bus Stop started out with 16 ghastly contenders, and your votes have whittled the field down to four disasters for transit riders.
August 3, 2016
America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Broomfield vs. Kansas City
It's Final Four time in Streetsblog's Sorriest Bus Stop tournament. After two rounds, only the least appealing, most dehumanizing bus stops are still standing.
August 2, 2016
A Better Bus Stop: Big Ideas From Transit Riders for a Better Wait
Streetsblog has been calling attention to the dismal state of transit waiting areas with our Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament. Transit riders have to put up with conditions that no one should stand for -- bus stops with nothing to sit on and no shelter, bus stops by dangerous, high-speed roads with no sidewalks, even "secret" bus stops with no visible marker that they exist.
August 2, 2016
Great Cities Don’t Take Late-Night Transit Service Away From Workers
What a sad state of affairs for transit in the nation's capital.
August 1, 2016
Study: Streetcar Tracks and Bicycling Don’t Mix
A new study out of Toronto confirms what cyclists in many U.S. cities have found out the hard way: Streetcar tracks can be a serious safety hazard.
July 29, 2016
Report: Access to Car-Share and Bike-Share Is Worse in Communities of Color
Car-share and bike-share services are making it easier to go without owning a car in American cities, but access to "shared-use" systems remains limited in communities of color compared to majority-white neighborhoods, according to a new analysis from the Shared Use Mobility Center [PDF].
July 28, 2016