Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Today’s Headlines

Reminder: Drivers kill more children by far on Halloween than any other day of the year. Be careful out there, especially if you’re behind the wheel (Washington Post). And if you live someplace snowy like Denver (KDVR) or Salt Lake City (Fox 13), please be considerate and clear your sidewalk for trick-or-treaters. U.S. Secretary of […]

The Michael Bloomberg-funded Asphalt Art Initiative will give 10 cities grants to create colorful crosswalks and street plazas. While the Federal Highway Administration has tried to get some cities to paint them over, claiming they’re dangerous, other experts say they increase foot traffic and often lead to permanent safety improvements. (Curbed) An Australian study says […]

Online delivery services like Amazon are creating gridlock in New York City and other cities around the world, with trucks double-parking and piles of boxes on sidewalks. And it’s only going to get worse as more purchases are made online, unless cities do something, like shifting deliveries to nights. (NY Times) Senate Minority Leader Chuck […]

Drivers killed nearly 7,000 pedestrians in 2018, the highest figure since 1990, according to the Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Cyclist deaths were also up 6% over 2017. (Smart Cities Dive, Streetsblog) A bipartisan group of governors from a dozen East Coast states are working on a cap-and-trade plan to limit emissions from fossil fuel-powered […]

The bipartisan Vision Zero Act would provide federal funding for communities to stem the tide of pedestrian and cyclist deaths by steering federal transportation funds toward that goal. (Curbed, Streetsblog) We’ve known for a while that living in a walkable neighborhood makes people healthier and happier, but children who grow up in walkable neighborhoods are […]

During the oil crisis of 1973, Americans waited in line for hours fill their gas-guzzling V-8s. It had a lasting effect not only the car-dependent economy, but the nation’s psyche. Observers recognized at the time that the whole system was unsustainable. Yet even today, the Autopian dream lives on. (Places Journal) Lyft drivers are suspicious […]