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Freeways Without Futures: I-345 in Dallas
In this Streetfilm, Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks about the movement to replace Interstate 345 in downtown Dallas with connected streets and walkable development. Shot at the "Freeways Without Futures" session at the Congress for New Urbanism's recent conference in Dallas, the piece provides views of I-345 from heights most people never get to see.
May 5, 2015
Bike-Share Comes to Philly With the Launch of Indego
On Thursday, Philadelphia's long wait for a bike-share system came to an end with the launch of the 60-station, 600-bike Indego system, which is set to expand in the near future. At the kickoff, volunteers and officials -- including Mayor Michael Nutter -- rode about half of those bikes to their docking stations.
April 24, 2015
Minneapolis Sets Out to Build 30 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes By 2020
Minneapolis is one of the best cities for biking in the U.S., and it wants to get better. Last week the city released a plan to build 30 miles of protected bike lanes over the next five years and a total of 48 over 10 years.
April 21, 2015
Los Angeles Gets Its First Protected Bike Lanes
Implementation of the very first parking-protected bike lanes in Los Angeles is underway on Reseda Boulevard in Northridge.
April 3, 2015
Detroit Breaks Ground on First Protected Bike Lane Project
The Motor City is getting its first taste of on-street protected bike infrastructure. Work has begun on a street redesign that will bring Detroit its very first bike lane where parked cars will protect riders from motor vehicle traffic.
April 3, 2015
Bay Area Bike Share to Expand Tenfold By 2017
Bay Area Bike Share will expand to a 7,000-bike system over the next two years and venture into Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville. San Francisco's system will dramatically increase to 4,500 bikes, and San Jose's will expand to 1,000.
April 3, 2015
Climate Idealism Can’t Hold a Candle to Collective Action
Cross-posted from the Carbon Tax Center.
March 30, 2015
Exploring the Streets of Stockholm
In 2014, I got the chance to visit Stockholm near the end of an incredibly hot summer. It's a charming and walkable place with a downtown buzzing with people. There's an easygoing rhythm to the city. After dark the pedestrian streets fill with both residents and tourists out for a walk, even after most stores and restaurants close.
March 24, 2015
Just in From London: Congestion Charging’s Street Safety Bonus
Add street safety to the list of benefits from congestion pricing. That’s the takeaway from a new “working paper” analyzing traffic crash rates in and around the London congestion charging zone by three economists associated with the Management School at Lancaster University.
March 11, 2015
DC Is Schooling NYC on Improving Pedestrian Safety at Intersections
We wrote last week that New York City allows drivers to park to the edge of crosswalks, which can make it more difficult for pedestrians and motorists to see each other. After we posted that story a reader noted that Washington, DC, does a good job with daylighting intersections.
March 4, 2015