Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Road Design

MassDOT Mistake: How Not to Rebuild Main Street

By John Massengale | Jul 10, 2012 | 9 Comments

This op-ed was written for the Berkshire Record, where it is being published in two parts, last week and this week. John Massengale is co-author of Street Design, The Art & Practice of Making Complete Streets (Wiley & Sons, 2013) and New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890-1915 (Rizzoli, 1983). He is an architect and urbanist in New […]

Raquel Nelson Back in Court, With High Profile Lawyer at Her Defense

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

Raquel Nelson, the Georgia woman who faced vehicular homicide charges last year when her four-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver, is back in court this week, appealing the results of her trial. Nelson is asking a Georgia appeals court to dismiss charges of vehicular manslaughter and jaywalking rather than proceed with the retrial […]

Faster Roads Gobble Up More Real Estate

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2012 | 7 Comments

It’s a pretty striking contrast, isn’t it? On the left, Florence, Italy, birthplace of the Renaissance. On the right, Atlanta, Georgia, home of the 23-lane freeway. This was the central illustration in an illuminating discussion of how roads designed for high-speed car travel devour our landscapes and devastate their value. Steve Mouzon, principal at Miami’s Mouzon […]