Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Contests

Photo Contest: Send Us Your Pictures of Kids on City Streets

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 27, 2013 | 6 Comments

Two weeks ago, I posted some thoughts on raising kids in cities and right away, the comments section and Twitter lit up with a fruitful discussion of urban and car-lite parenting. The staff at Streetsblog and our partners at the Alliance for Biking & Walking love to see kids riding red wagons to day care, […]

Parking Madness Champion Tulsa Moves to Limit Surface Parking Downtown

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2013 | 6 Comments

Just last month, we were shaming Tulsa, Oklahoma, with our “Golden Crater” award for the downtown most riddled with surface parking lots. But today, we applaud the city for taking steps to reverse the plague of excess parking. Tulsa World reported Friday that our Parking Madness competition winner is moving forward with a ban on new […]

Commuter Idyll Winner Jake Williams Tells His Dramatic Story of Salvation

By Tanya Snyder | May 10, 2013 | 17 Comments

When we saw that Washington’s news-traffic-weather radio station, WTOP, was holding a “Commuter Idle” contest for the worst commute in the DC area — and rewarding it with $1,000 in gas money — we couldn’t resist. We went looking for the best “Commuter Idyll” — the trips to work that made people happy, got them fresh […]

Dreamy Routines: Some of Our Readers’ Best “Commuter Idylls”

By Tanya Snyder | May 9, 2013 | 3 Comments

Some of you have some fabulous commutes. Rather than watch the stress-filled minutes and hours tick by stuck in traffic, you go outside, get exercise, and connect with your community. I’ve had the pleasure of reading many of your commuter tales over the last few days, since we launched our Commuter Idyll contest. It’s our […]

Tell Us About Your “Commuter Idyll”

By Tanya Snyder | May 2, 2013 | 37 Comments

Before I became your editor here at Streetsblog Capitol Hill, I was a reporter for WTOP, the DC area’s “most-listened-to” radio station. Its traffic reports “on the 8s” helped feed my ire toward auto-centrism – they wasted one out of every 10 minutes of airtime on an unintelligible litany of route numbers and exits. Meanwhile, […]

Seeking Submissions: The Worst Parking Crater in an American Downtown

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 5, 2013 | 29 Comments

Alright, Streetsblog readers. Send us your best shots. After running our “worst intersection in America” photo contest, we heard from readers who want to see “more public shaming” of terrible transportation and planning blunders around the country. We aim to please. So here is the next contest: Where is the worst sea of downtown surface parking in […]

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