The Importance of Making the Connection
Yesterday, I made the trip from Brooklyn, NY, to Jersey City, NJ, to visit the Liberty Science Center. It really wasn't hard to do, although it required three separate transfers -- from the F train to the A train, from the A to the PATH train, and then from the PATH to the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line.
August 28, 2009
In Defense of High-Speed Rail
Today on the Streetsblog Network, we've got a post from Yonah Freemark at The Transport Politic on the importance of funding both intercity and intracity rail, despite limits on the amount of money available. Freemark takes on the argument that investment in transportation within cities should trump the construction of more efficient rail connections between cities:
August 27, 2009
Of Froggy Dreams and Feral Houses
File today's Streetsblog Network post under "where fantasy meets reality."
August 26, 2009
Bike Skirt Goes Car-Free in Birmingham
Yesterday we featured a post from The Urbanophile about the political and personal costs of carlessness in a small city. Today, we've got something of an antidote to that -- an entry from Streetsblog Network member Bike Skirt in Birmingham, Alabama, about the sense of liberation, connection and empowerment that giving up a car can bring.
August 25, 2009
The Social Costs of Car-Free Living in Small Cities
What kind of a statement does car-free living make in a small city? Today on the Streetsblog Network, Aaron Renn at The Urbanophile poses that question in a provocative post. Sure, it's about walking the walk of sustainable transportation, he says, but it also represents a withdrawal from the community structure in places such as Columbus and Cincinnati:
August 24, 2009
Remembering How the Roads Got Paved
Today from the Streetsblog Network, a look back at the early days of paved roads in the United States and the vehicle operators who led the way for their paving. The vehicles some of these men were operating, as Detroit's M-Bike.org reminds us, were bicycles:
August 14, 2009
It Actually Makes a Difference Where a Train Station Is Built
Congratulations, it looks like your city is going to be getting high-speed rail service.
August 13, 2009
“No More Cars” vs. “Not More Cars”
Today on the Streetsblog Network, David Alpert at Greater Greater Washington counters the accusation that, just because he believes in less autocentric development, he hates cars. In an extremely eloquent and thoughtful post, Alpert makes the distinction between "no more cars" and "not more cars":
August 12, 2009
Connecting Residential Density and Fuel Consumption
Sometimes, and with some people, intuitive arguments just don't cut it. It's good to have some facts and figures at hand. That's the topic of today's featured post from the Streetsblog Network. On member site Worldchanging, Clark Williams-Derry wrote:
August 11, 2009