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Talking Headways Podcast: The Powerless Brokers
Let's talk about why California can't build transit.
August 25, 2025
Katie Wilson’s Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue
The advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary — following Zohran Mamdani's similar triumph — shows what you can do when you focus on transit.
August 22, 2025
SEE IT! Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better
One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it's going to be O-KEI!
July 31, 2025
Cyclists Ridicule DOT’s Band-Aid Solution in Washington Heights
"DOT seems afraid to propose anything that impacts parking in any way," said one local bike advocate.
July 29, 2025
Friday Video: Is Berlin a Great Biking City?
Have recent moves by anti-bike, pro-car legislators ruined the experience in the capital of a unified Germany? Sort of!
July 18, 2025
Friday Video: Cyclists, Check Out Your Next City
Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson visited London earlier this summer to check in on the Big Smoke's cycling revolution.
July 11, 2025
Amsterdam Leads the Way on E-Bike Regulation — Should New York Follow Suit?
The city's biking- and walking-friendly streets expose the hypocrisy harsh e-bike enforcement without better street design.
July 8, 2025
Friday Video: Why NYC Needs ‘Low-Traffic Neighborhoods’
London's Church Street, like so many of our business corridors, was choking on cars — until the advent of the low-traffic neighborhood.
July 4, 2025
Incoming Albany Mayor Could Help Safe Streets Movement Statewide
The state capital is built for the car and that is how it is experienced by our lawmakers. But could that change under a new mayor? Here's hoping.
July 1, 2025
Berlin Moves Closer to Banning Cars From An Area Bigger Than Manhattan
Hey, Mayor Adams, why can't we have nice things?
Patrick Maynard
June 26, 2025