Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Lack of Infrastructure, Station Density Make Bike-Share a Bust in San Diego (Voice of SD) Minneapolis Upgrading Its Protected Bike Lanes (Southwest Journal) Why Didn’t the Internet Kill Off Commuting? (Pacific Standard) Jan Gehl: Architects Forgot How to Design Human-Scale Spaces (Arch Daily) New York Times Magazine Devotes an Issue to the Future of the […]

Letters to Milwaukee Mayor Run Five-to-One Against Streetcar (Fox 6) Boston Cracks Down on Residential Speeders (Daily Free Press) More Drivers Are Stopping at Ann Arbor Crosswalks (Michigan Daily) Downtown Des Moines Plan Calls for Fewer Car Lanes, More Bike Lanes (Register) Miami’s Problem Isn’t Scarce Parking, It’s Too Many Cars (Herald) Oklahoma City Streetcars […]

Massive Cost Overrun Has Sound Transit Cutting Back Light Rail Project (Seattle Times) Wisconsin State Journal Backs BRT in Madison As Ridership Slips, How Can Chicago Lure Commuters Back to Buses? (Streetsblog Chicago) Bike-Sharing Is Popular in Massachusetts, but Do the Numbers Work? (Globe) Nonprofit Could Bring Up to 10,000 Dockless Bikes to Twin Cities […]

Portland Seeks Public Input on MAX Southwest Corridor Light Rail (Tribune) Albuquerque BRT Will Be Running by the End of the Month (KOB) Milwaukee Holds Meetings to Discuss Streetcar Extensions (urbanmilwaukee) New Group Forms to Build Support for Omaha Streetcar (North Platte Telegraph) Cleveland Ruling on Transit Fare Checks Could Affect Pittsburgh, Too  (Post-Gazette) Auto-Centric […]

Are Automated Electric Buses a Curiosity or Transit’s Future? (Curbed) In Solidarity, NYC Cyclists Pedal on After Attack (WaPo) Only 10 Percent of D.C. Bike Lanes Are Protected (WUSA) Pittsburgh Suburb Wants Complete Streets Ordinance (Tribune-Review) Worcester Takes Steps to Protect Pedestrians (Boston Globe) Tactical Urbanism Could Lead to Permanent Solutions in Houston (Chronicle) Bike […]

If Tax Passes, MARTA Will Fund BRT Before Building More Rail (AJC) Minneapolis Closes Highway to Start Work on Blue Line (Fox 9) Madison Eyes First BRT Line (State Journal) Judges Weigh Whether Purple Line Needs New Environmental Study (Bethesda, WTOP) Private Bike-Share Is Becoming a Campus Fixture (Forbes) Does Public Transit Needs to “Uberize” Itself? […]