Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Arizona

Arizonans Driving Like It’s 1994

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 23, 2014 | 6 Comments

Here’s more evidence that there’s a shift underway in how Americans get around: The Arizona Public Interest Research Group has released a new report [PDF] showing that residents of this sprawling Sun Belt state are driving less and taking transit more. Between 2005 and 2012, the average number of miles driven by each Arizona resident […]

Arizona Police Arrest “Jaywalking” Professor in Racially-Charged Incident

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 30, 2014 | 114 Comments

Arizona earned its reputation for police excess yet again recently when an officer demanded identification of an African-American pedestrian — for the crime of walking in a campus street to avoid construction on the sidewalk — and got violent when she refused to produce it. Arizona State University professor Ersula Ore was walking around some […]

Washington, Colorado, and Oregon Win Top Bike-Friendly State Honors

By Angie Schmitt | May 1, 2013 | 1 Comment

Congratulations are due to Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Minnesota; those four states took home top rankings this year in the League of American Bicyclists’ annual Bicycle Friendly States appraisal. The winners were announced this morning. Washington has held the top position for six years running. But there were a few shake-ups further down the list. […]