Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Network Roundup

The end of the exurbs — that’s the way many pundits are interpreting the latest round of census data. The last year offered good news for cities and central suburbs across the country and bad news for the McMansion boomtowns of the ’90s. Of course, it wasn’t always that simple. Some metros — Detroit, Cleveland, […]

Hardly a day goes by here at Streetsblog without news of another American city getting serious about a new bike-share system, transit boulevard, or highway teardown. Cities are grappling with how to move beyond the 1950s-era, cars-first mentality, and the opportunities for change are palpable. It’s also unusual to go a day without seeing some […]

The Occupy movement has added a new layer to the battle for the public right of way. In many cities where protesters have asserted their constitutional right to assemble, law enforcement has intervened swiftly, even violently, the moment demonstrators get in the way of the movement of motor vehicles. We saw it when hundreds of […]

It’s a shame businesses so often line up against better bike infrastructure. Believing that business depends on customers who drive, local store owners have opposed bike improvements in Philadelphia, Memphis and many other cities. But research shows that bike facilities and local businesses are, in fact, complementary. Joe Peach at Network blog This Big City […]

A handful of Republican Senators really have a knack for rooting out waste in our transportation system — but only the kind of “waste” that is imaginary. Despite their claims to fiscal responsibility, Senators Tom Coburn, John McCain and Rand Paul haven’t zeroed in on egregious transportation boondoggles like the $1.7 billion cloverleaf in Wisconsin […]

“Change comes hard, but things do change.” When I saw that quote in a news article last week, it got me thinking about Cleveland, Ohio, the city where I live. When I’m not writing for Streetsblog, I help run a new group in Cleveland that’s pushing the city to become more bike-friendly. And we have […]