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The Streetsblog Interview: New Head of Zipcar on Equity, Congestion and Parking
As the city hopes to reduce its dependence on private automobiles in order to cut back on congestion, emissions and traffic violence, it’s also looking to expand its carshare program. So we talked to the head of Zipcar about the company's prospects in New York.
December 19, 2022
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December 19, 2022
With Healthy Streets Initiative Looming, City Departments Say Plans Aren’t Plans, Just Guidance
When is a plan not a plan? When it's "a policy foundation... [with] no... specific projects."
December 16, 2022
Casualty of Parking Meter Modernization: Bike Parking
SFMTA makes bike parking more complicated than it has to be
December 16, 2022
How Traffic Engineers Blame You for Their Profession’s Mistakes
[Street design and land use] together are at the root cause of a lot of the traffic safety challenges we see across the country,” said Mike Lydon, founding principal of Street Plans. “And to completely fail to acknowledge that, to not internalize that and figure out that that's the responsibility of the engineer, is a problem and it’s misguided.”
December 16, 2022
Commentary: Time for a ‘Grand Embarcadero’
It's time for the Embarcadero freeway tear-down to finally get completed
December 16, 2022
Big Auto’s Fuel Economy Plateau Is Especially Bad News for Pedestrians
Average fuel economy on new U.S. vehicles has hit a troubling plateau last year, a new federal report finds — and the reason why is particularly bad news for vulnerable road users, in addition to the planet at large.
December 15, 2022
(Very) Early Peek at 2023-24 Legislative Agenda
Bill language is still very open-ended at this early stage, but Asm Friedman plans to tackle the climate goals/transportation funding gap, and Asm Boerner Horvath is trying again on allowing bikes to treat stop signs as yields
December 14, 2022
Taylor Nichols’ Pilgrimage to Some Great European Bike Cities
Muslims go to Mecca. Jews, the Western Wall. Catholics walk the Camino de Santiago. Baseball fans head to Cooperstown. And Cyclists… well, we go to Amsterdam.
December 14, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Update on Telegraph Ave in Oakland
The protected bike lanes on the KONO section of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, from 20th to 29th, are now well under construction and should be finished mid 2023. Streetsblog thought it's time for a quick update on the progress in this important business district and on a thoroughfare for cyclists, bus riders, and motorists.
December 14, 2022
