Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Shared Space

Minnesota is grappling with how to incorporate driverless vehicles onto its roadways.

Minnesota Starts Embracing Self-Driving Cars

By Aaron Short | Aug 27, 2019 | 8 Comments

The state's new strategic transportation plan seeks to prepare Gophers for a driverless future.

E-scooters are providing another option to Chicagoans not served by transit or with little access to bike share stations like the one above.

Scooters Quenching Thirst in Chicago’s Transit Deserts

By Aaron Short | Aug 20, 2019 | No Comments

An pilot program shows that the devices are popular in low-income neighborhoods where transit is scarce.

Atlanta's mayor imposed an overnight curfew on e-scooters after the fourth traffic fatality this year.

Atlanta Bans E-Scooters at Night After Drivers Kill Four Riders

By Aaron Short | Aug 12, 2019 | 12 Comments

Drivers, however, still may use city streets at all hours — even though motor-vehicle crashes killed 115 people in Fulton County, which encompasses most of Atlanta, in 2017.

A Revel scooter in New York. Photo: Revel

Shared Motor-Scooters Coming to D.C.

By Aaron Short | Aug 6, 2019 | 4 Comments

The District Department of Transportation is launching a four-month pilot program to invite shared motor-scooters to zip through the city, officials announced last week.

Cyclists in London made an average of 2.5 million trips a day in 2018, up 5 percent from the previous year.

Tally Ho! London Breaks its Cycling Record

By Aaron Short | Jul 8, 2019 | 7 Comments

London's painstaking network of new bike lanes, refurbished signals at intersections, and traffic congestion policies are paying off with record ridership.

Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018

By Aaron Short | Jun 18, 2019 | 24 Comments

Let's face it: America's roads are safe increasingly for only those who drive on them.

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