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Storytelling for Safe Streets in the Age of COVID
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Streetsblog USA's Kea Wilson is a guest on a new podcast over at the Active Towns Initiative.
A Round and a Roundy: Bill’s Wheel of Excuses
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Our editorial cartoonist found the perfect graphic representation of Mayor de Blasio's changing rationale on open streets.
The Social Distance Machine: NYC Edition
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Check out our latest music video depicting Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman showing how difficult it is to walk around his Brooklyn neighborhood yet maintain six feet of space from everyone else.
Don't Let Car Culture Take Over Protest Culture
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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.
Streetsies 2019: NYC Projects of the Year
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The Department of Transportation got some things — OK, many things — right this year. And the nominees for the Streetsie are...
Merry Christmas from Streetsblog!
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Our Streetsblog NYC editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy offers his holiday greetings.
Bad News? St. Louis's Tourist Trolley Gets a Lifeline
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A tourist line was built with $25 million in federal transit money. Will the feds now make St. Louis pay for its mistake?
Cyclist: Driver Nearly Killed Me — Then Cops Blamed Me
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A cautionary (and all-too-common) tale...
A Pumpkin-Protected Bike Lane on All Hallows’ Eve
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In a bit of tactical urbanism, a murderer’s row of cheery orange spheroids was dropped into place just before the afternoon rush hour.
Will Corey Johnson ‘Break’ or Just ‘Bend’ Car Culture?
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If politicians truly "campaign in poetry, but govern in prose," the Council speaker has shifted from iambic pentameter a bit early.
Help Wanted: StreetsblogUSA is Hiring!
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Do you have what it takes to be a national leader on the debate over sustainable transportation, livable streets, transit equity and the future of our cities? If so, please apply.
See Portland's Awesome Car-Free Tilikum Crossing
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Streetfilms' auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. revisits a back-to-the-future idea whose time has come again for many cities.