The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure
The PR for micro transit is outrunning empirical experience. It is clearly not the large-scale substitute for bus service that much media coverage makes it out to be.
June 26, 2018
Durham-Orange Light Rail Survives GOP Assassination Attempt in State Budget
Advocates mobilized quickly to strip a rider that would have killed the project out of the state budget.
June 21, 2018
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
June 20, 2018
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
If you walk in American cities, you know the streets weren't engineered for you. The obvious signs are the broken, obstructed, or just plain non-existent sidewalks. But there's also a less visible bias against walking programmed into our traffic signals.
June 19, 2018
Boston Makes Its Bus Lane Experiment Permanent
Bus travel times dropped 20 to 25 percent during the morning rush thanks to the Washington Street bus lane, the city reports.
June 8, 2018
Building Highways Made Racial Segregation Worse. Can Removing Them Undo That Legacy?
The teardown of I-81 in Syracuse presents an opportunity to rebuild Syracuse in a way that rights past injustices.
June 7, 2018
Taking Stock of Dockless Bike-Share in Seattle
The most interesting experiment with dockless bike-share in an American city right now is happening in Seattle.
June 6, 2018
Boston Fixed Its Most Frustrating Street for Bus Riders, But Just for a Month
A few orange cones were all it took to vastly improve trips for thousands of bus riders. So why is the city going backward?
June 5, 2018
The Streetsblog Guide to Children’s Books
Indoctrinate your kids into the joys of buses, bikes, and car-free streets!
June 4, 2018
Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse
Seven members of Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board resigned in disgust this week, frustrated by the lack of action from city officials to make streets safer for walking and biking.
June 1, 2018
