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Barcelona’s Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change Your Neighborhood
Without dangerous, noisy car traffic overrunning the streets, superblocks are full of life.
August 7, 2018
The Atlanta Suburbs May Finally Be on Board for Mass Transit
Gwinnett County lawmakers approved a tax-hike referendum for the March ballot on Tuesday, the latest group of Hot 'Lanta pols to realize that mass transit can defeat growth-choking traffic.
August 1, 2018
London Sets Out to Eliminate Traffic Deaths by 2041
London has reduced traffic deaths nearly 50 percent in the last decade, but Mayor Sadiq Khan isn't satisfied.
July 26, 2018
New Traffic Signals in London Will Give Pedestrians the Green Light By Default
The city of London is on a mission to make walking as convenient as possible, using smarter traffic signals that reduce wait times for pedestrians.
July 23, 2018
Baltimore’s Super Quick Fix for a Dangerous Road
Using Jersey barriers filled with water for ballast, the city carved a safe walking and biking path out of a lane of car traffic.
July 16, 2018
How Seville Handles Where Bus Stops and Protected Bike Lanes Meet
This short video shows how Seville thought through the problem of making bus riders and cyclists visible to each other at bus stops.
July 5, 2018
How Seville Built Its Bicycle Network
As recently as 2006, almost no one in Seville got around by bicycle. The city's bike network was nearly non-existent. Today, Seville has an expansive bike network and is approaching 10 percent bicycle mode share.
July 2, 2018
London’s Aldgate Square Goes From Stressful Traffic Circle to Great Public Space
London has embarked on an ongoing quest to remake its busiest districts with high-quality public space, taking real estate that used to belong to cars and designing areas where people come first and drivers behave accordingly. The Aldgate project is the latest example.
June 25, 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
