Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Street Design

NACTO Comes to Boston

By Grecia White | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

For the next three days, the Boston region will host hundreds of transportation engineers, planners, and transit officials from dozens of cities worldwide for the annual conference of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO).

Twitter account @betterstreetsai visualizes what the Brooklyn Queens Expressway could look like if it were covered over removed and replaced with a lush park.

This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2022 | No Comments

A New York artist is breaking through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.

Dusk and Dawn Are Deadly for Walkers — But Traffic Pros Don’t Know the Full Extent of It

By Kea Wilson | May 11, 2022 | No Comments

Researchers say American cities need to rethink their approach to data collection at this critical time of day and use that information to prioritize life-saving changes.

A Field Guide to the Gadgets on Our Streets

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 20, 2021 | No Comments

Att the end of November, the City of Boston launched its new “What the Tech?” video series. And thanks to slick production values and social media buzz, the videos are reaching and engaging a wide audience in Boston and beyond.

Meet Boston's Newest Transitway

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 3, 2021 | No Comments

Boston’s new center-running bus lanes are open for business in Roxbury, and they’re already delivering major benefits to pedestrian and transit riders along Columbus Avenue between Franklin Park and the Jackson Square Orange Line stop. StreetsblogMASS visited the new bus lanes on Wednesday morning to try them out. The 0.7 mile ride went by remarkably […]

Opinion: How to Beat Opponents of Street Safety

By David Shorr and Kathleen Sullivan | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

Road diet debates often run so hot because they’re proxies for local community attitudes about broader forces of societal change. Here are some lessons on how to change those attitudes.

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