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These Post-Pandemic Traffic Models Are Pretty Scary
Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 24 minutes each way in New York! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.
May 5, 2020
Op-Ed: Here Are Some Cities Getting Open Streets Right
Mayor de Blasio proposed 100 miles of streets closed to cars and open to people. Lucky for New Yorkers, other cities are already providing some major lessons for de Blasio. Here’s what he has to learn.
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Hasn’t Cratered Bus Ridership — Which Creates a Huge Post-Crisis Challenge
If people are taking buses, bus systems will need support for more rear-door boarding, protective gear for workers, cleanings, hazard pay, increased service to reduce crowding.
April 30, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Homeless Media Circus Edition
The local tabs got another day out of the ongoing battle between the MTA and Mayor de Blasio over homelessness in the subways. Plus all the other news.
April 29, 2020
Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 28, 2020
Apple’s Misread of Walking Data Shows That We Really Don’t Know Much about Pedestrians
The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.
April 28, 2020
‘DEAR POLLY’: Commissioner’s Council Appearance Prompts Latest Parody by Streetsblog’s In-House Satire Crew
"The greatest mind in DOT, can't be sidelined, or playing D," our singers lament.
April 27, 2020
Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers
We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.
April 23, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: How Oakland Got it So Right
This week, we talk to a key official in Oakland, who explains how the city is creating the nation's biggest open-streets network practically overnight. Are you listening, Mayor de Blasio?
April 23, 2020
CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19
The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.
April 17, 2020
