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London’s New Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Pledges to “Accelerate” Cycling Progress
London bike advocates proved they were a political force to be reckoned under Mayor Boris Johnson. After cyclists demonstrated that they would not be satisfied with half-measures, Johnson started to make serious headway on safe bike infrastructure in his second term.
May 9, 2016
Historical Photos of St. Louis Capture the Great Violence of “Urban Renewal”
Some of these images, dug up by Alex Ihnen at NextSTL, almost look like a war zone. Buildings exploding. Entire city blocks reduced to ghost towns. Families out on curbs, carrying all their belongings in suitcases.
May 6, 2016
Cycling Booms in London, and the City’s Not Looking Back
Boris Johnson says that one of his goals as mayor of London was to make cycling "more popular and more normal." As Johnson's eight-year tenure winds down, it looks like the progress he made in his second term has accomplished that mission.
May 2, 2016
As Jersey City and Hoboken Fight Over Bike-Share, Everyone Loses
A dispute between Hoboken and Jersey City is making the decision to operate separate bike-share systems in each city look even worse.
April 19, 2016
The Fight for Better Access to Jobs in Detroit and Milwaukee, Using Buses
Low-income residents of Detroit and Milwaukee face formidable obstacles to job access. These two Rust Belt regions are consistently ranked among the most segregated in the country, and neither has a good transit system.
April 14, 2016
Your 2016 Parking Madness Champion Is… Louisville!
Streetsblog readers spent the past three weeks voting in Parking Madness, the single elimination tournament where cities compete for the Golden Crater -- a symbol of the shameful amount of space we've allowed surface parking to consume in our communities. We started with a field of 16 and now we have a champion.
April 8, 2016
High Frequency: Why Houston Is Back on the Bus
Every so often, every city should do a "system reimagining" of its bus network like Houston METRO did.
April 5, 2016
Street Safety Benefits of Congestion Charging Are Bigger Than We Thought
Evidence keeps mounting that congestion pricing can catalyze major reductions in traffic crashes. A year ago I reported on research that vehicle crashes in central London fell as much as 40 percent since the 2003 startup of London’s congestion charge. The same researchers are now expressing the safety dividend in terms of falling per-mile crash rates, and the figures are even more impressive.
March 9, 2016
The Gaman Spirit: Why Cycling Works in Tokyo
In Tokyo, bicycling accounts for 14 percent of all trips. Yet Tokyo does not have the cycling infrastructure of Amsterdam or even Hamburg. As much as wider bike lanes would help, Tokyo residents will bike regardless. If there's no bike lane, they'll just hop on the sidewalk or wherever they feel safe.
March 1, 2016