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July 2010

Thu 29: Berkeley Rejects BRT, and What It Means for ‘Complete Streets’

Tue 27: Santa Monica Bike Committee Getting The Ball Rolling

Sun 25: Germany's Ruhr Valley rolling with Metroradruhr

Thu 22: L.A.’s Newly Biking Mayor Still Doesn’t Get It

Mon 19: Why won't Mike Castle ACT?

Mon 12: Rumble Strips: Problems and Policies

Wed 7: Philly-Area Transit Projects Move Forward Despite Funding Crisis

Thu 1: Singapore: A Walk with Paul Barter

June 2010

Wed 30: To Save a 7 Station, an Obvious Redesign at 41st and 10th

Tue 29: Public Space Meets Work Space in Bramhall Square

Mon 28: What the Next U-MD President Can Do

Sun 27: Ideas For Toronto: Blue Bike Lanes

Fri 25: Making Little Plans: City Hall Coasts on Bike Issues

Thu 24: A Few Hours on UTA

Wed 23: Bike Gear: Visibility

Tue 22: The Columbia River Crossing, and the Role of State DOTs

Mon 21: When a Name is More Powerful Than a Fence

Fri 18: What Is Austin Thinking?

Thu 17: "Peak of the Peak" Makes Flexible Passes More Crucial

Wed 16: Six Ways to Boost Your City's Bike Mojo

Tue 15: Something About a Separated Bike Path

Mon 14: Long Beach Township Petition Reflects Lack of Respect for Pedestrians

Fri 11: An Engineer's Aesthetic

Thu 10: Urban Tour Guide: Indianapolis

Wed 9: The North Side: Let's Plug the Loss of Place

Tue 8: Boat Public Transit Scheme for Chicago?

Mon 7: Removing Street Signs For Safety's Sake

Fri 4: The Cul-de-Sac's One Redeeming Quality: Spaces for Children

Thu 3: The Last Thing Toronto Needs is More Cyclists

Wed 2: More Stuff That Matters: The Population Forecast

Tue 1: Getting Creative With Bus Lines

May 2010

Fri 28: Social Media Enabled Instant Organizing for Streetcars

Thu 27: It Takes a (Small) City: Tackling Childhood Obesity With Complete Streets

Tue 25: Principles of Sidewalkery: Public v. Private

Mon 24: Complete Streets: What They Are and Why We Need Them

Fri 21: Is NYSDOT Doing Enough to Protect Pedestrians on Long Island?

Thu 20: Extending Sidewalks in St. Paul's Downtown

Wed 19: Cincinnati Transit Agency Votes to Operate Modern Streetcar System

Tue 18: Land Use AND Transportation: The Importance of Understanding the Connection

Mon 17: Bike Parking BCBS Richardson

Fri 14: 'Metrospeak' Camouflages Bus Cuts

Thu 13: Today’s Ride, on Which I Find Genuine Humanity in an Unexpected Source. And Not So Much.

Wed 12: Unelected Bureaucrats Tell City Council: "Screw You, Augusta Knows Best"

Tue 11: Car-Sharing on Steroids?

Mon 10: Diverse Cycling Fashion

Fri 7: Bike (to School) Across America

Thu 6: What Is Wrong With This Picture?

Wed 5: Cincinnati Aims to Double Number of Cyclists by 2015

Tue 4: E. State St. Narrowed… World Doesn’t End

Mon 3: Failure to Communicate: Beyond Starbucks Urbanism

April 2010

Fri 30: It's No Joke: Portland Business Alliance Honors Bike Advocates

Thu 29: Norwalk's Missing Crosswalks

Wed 28: Mall Rot: How They Do It in Dixie

Tue 27: Complete Streets in Delaware, One Year Later

Mon 26: New Bike Facilities Catching On

Fri 23: Density and Successful Provision of Public Transit

Thu 22: Is Speed Obsolete?

Wed 21: The Problem with Parking Ratios

Tue 20: Riverfront: The Wrong Way to Build a Complete Street

Mon 19: Bike/Walk Improvements as a "Context Sensitive Solution"

Fri 16: Collingswood Streets Hold Vigil For 90-Year-Old Man Killed In Haddon Township

Thu 15: LaHood Gets Heat for Bike Stance (But Truckers Still Like Him)

Wed 14: Journey from Suburbia to Central City: One Blogger's Story

Tue 13: Just Another Sunday on the Rickenbacker Causeway

Mon 12: Freeze Your Keys?

Fri 9: What Can We Learn from Davis’ Bicycling Advocates?

Thu 8: Treating the Trains as We Would Our Kitchen

Wed 7: Jhong: Bicycle Culture Revolution

Tue 6: Analysis of Google’s Bike-There Feature: Part I

Mon 5: A Year Well Spent: One Year Spent Car-Free

Fri 2: The Problem of Commuting -- or, Getting Your Life Back

Thu 1: Electric Cars and the Future of Transit

March 2010

Wed 31: Housing and Transportation Squeeze Hitting Rural America

Tue 30: Walkshed Technologies and the Smart City

Mon 29: Bikes = Economic Catastrophe

Fri 26: Debunking the Supposed Convenience of Cars

Thu 25: Most Important Analysis of Land Use You'll See All Year

Wed 24: Council Votes to Investigate Bike Licensing

Tue 23: Do Walkable, High-Density Suburbs Exist?

Mon 22: Down with “Avid Cyclists”

Fri 19: Is Google Taking Us for a Ride?

Thu 18: Who Wants to Live by Free-Standing Fast Food Restaurants?

Wed 17: Death Wish to Bike in Miami?

Tue 16: The Usual Blaming of the Victim Follows Latest Pedestrian Death

Mon 15: The City as Platform

Fri 12: Ray LaHood Rouses Summit Crowd with Tabletop Speech

Thu 11: Are Google Map’s Bicycling Directions a Game Changer?

Wed 10: A Morning Walk

Tue 9: The Will to Resist

Mon 8: By the Numbers: My Financial and Environmental Impact of Commuting by Bicycle

Fri 5: Safety for All Road Users

Thu 4: More Green Building Honors for Sprawl

Wed 3: Guest Post: Families and Children on Transit

Tue 2: Boston’s Future Lies In Moving Away From The Car

Mon 1: Vancouver: Olympic Transit Payoffs

February 2010

Fri 26: Mayor Moncrief’s State of the City Address: Car-Centric Planning a Blunder

Thu 25: Congressman Kucinich Takes Multipurpose Path on Innerbelt to Washington

Wed 24: Think Metro Is in a Death Spiral? Wait Till You See County Bike Programs

Tue 23: I Was Almost Killed Last Night by a Bunch of Drunks

Mon 22: "A Bicycle Is Not a Transportation Device"

Fri 19: Parking Bombs

Thu 18: Rail and Transit Benefit, Highways Lose Out in TIGER Grant Distribution

Wed 17: Stuck With Cars (cont.)

Mon 15: The Monetary Benefits of Bicycle Infrastructure

Fri 12: Secretary LaHood Issues Recall of the American Motorist

Thu 11: For Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign, Don’t Forget Planning and Design

Wed 10: Setting the Record Straight on Parking

Tue 9: Think Globally, Act Individually

Mon 8: The End of the Cul-de-Sac?

Fri 5: Reforming Anti-Urban Bias in Transportation Spending

Thu 4: What the Passage of Proposition "A" Can Mean for the St. Louis Region

Wed 3: Transit Riders Shouldn't Have to Sacrifice

Tue 2: Federal Transit Administration Unveils Capital Projects Recommended for Major Financing

Mon 1: Some of These Bike-Haters Have a Point

January 2010

Fri 29: Who’s Biking? Choice or Necessity

Thu 28: Pedestrian Deaths, Shell Shock and Paralysis

Wed 27: How the LA Metro Is Part of the “Green” Mass Transportation Movement

Tue 26: Road Rage on the Planet of the Apes

Mon 25: The Core Vitality Imperative

Fri 22: Responding to the Transport Needs of the Impoverished Suburbs

Thu 21: ‘Parking Availability Bias’

Wed 20: Three Kinds of Low-Car City

Tue 19: Accommodating Pedestrians At Construction Sites

Fri 15: Transit Is About Independence

Thu 14: You Cannot Have Your Car and Your Planet Too

Wed 13: Transportation Alternatives: Walkability and Skiing to Work

Tue 12: Coeur d'Alene: No Safety in Numbers for Bike/Peds

Mon 11: Kunstler’s Wrong, St. Louis’ New Train/Bus Depot Is Not an Eyesore

Fri 8: What’s in a Name?

Thu 7: Enough With the Fetishization, It’s Just a Car

Wed 6: The Conservative Case for Walking and Biking

Tue 5: Columnist Warns of Forced Porch-Sitting, Possible Mandatory Neighbor Interaction

Mon 4: Stadiums Draining Cities

December 2009

Wed 30: A Simple Plan to Make Bikes More Visible and Increase Awareness

Tue 29: You Can’t Go Home Again

Mon 28: Growth of Auto-Related Structures

Thu 24: Are the Burbs Better for Bikes?

Wed 23: Car Free Days Family Bike Vs. Bus Challenge

Tue 22: In Copenhagen They Plow the Bike Lanes First -- In Philly It's Where We Put The Snow

Mon 21: The Safety Bogeyman

Fri 18: Parking Wars in Downtown Missoula

Thu 17: Trash Talk: NJ Editor Blames Peds and State for Increase in Deaths

Wed 16: When Is It Socially Acceptable to Threaten People's Lives? When They Are Bicyclists.

Tue 15: Far North Dallas Suppressing People-First Developments in Oak Cliff

Mon 14: Assessing the Spruce and Pine Bike Victory

Fri 11: First Bike Boulevard Open House Highlights Tensions Between Cyclists and Nueces Street Property Owners

Thu 10: Doggie-Bags from Overtaxed Restaurant Analogy

Wed 9: Implementing Streetcars Demands Consideration of the Way Traffic Works

Tue 8: As The Crow Rides: Cleveland’s Cyclists Rally for I-90 Bridge Path

Tue 8: Transit Agencies Need to Invest in Marketing: A Lesson from Los Angeles

Mon 7: Florida Convenes Special Legislative Session for Sunrail, Tri-Rail, High-Speed Rail

Fri 4: Constant Surprises on the Bus

Thu 3: Letter to Speaker Pelosi with Principles for Transportation Spending

Wed 2: What to Do in a Cycling Collision

Tue 1: Ants Go Marching 1X1; We Sit in Traffic

November 2009

Mon 30: Bus Rapid Transit: Notes from a Pro

Wed 25: "Cities for Cycling" Could Have Huge Impact on Bikeway Innovation

Tue 24: CarLess Week!

Mon 23: The Walking Paths of Brasilia

Fri 20: Company Releases Analysis of ‘Should Cyclists Pay Road Tax?’ Ad Campaign

Thu 19: Acceptance of Distracted Driving Revealed in Warning to Pedestrians?

Wed 18: Secretary LaHood Gets Your Message Loud and Clear

Tue 17: Designing the Way to a Pedestrian Success Story

Tue 17: New Fed Policy Would Fund More Bike Projects Around Transit Stops

Mon 16: A Madison Strain of Crazy

Fri 13: New Report: Firms Give Big in Texas to Influence Transpo Policy

Thu 12: Health Is a Rhythm

Wed 11: Considering Pedestrian Safety And Walkability In Louisville

Tue 10: Musings on the Role of Buses in Cities

Mon 9: Downtown's Case Against City Hall For Abandonment

Fri 6: CityWatchLA -- Kids Challenge LA Leadership

Thu 5: Cul-de-Sacs Kill!

Wed 4: The Research Is In: You’re Safer in the Bike Lane (or Bike Boulevard, or cycle track)

Tue 3: In Defense of a Good Walk

Mon 2: Open Space, Biking and Walking -- They're Connected

October 2009

Fri 30: Agriburbia: An Awkward Name for an Interesting Idea

Thu 29: You Can’t Trust Anyone These Days

Wed 28: Reaching Gen Y and Younger

Tue 27: Why Do We "Have to Do Something" About Traffic but Not Transit?

Mon 26: Adventures of a Pedestrian on Brickell

Fri 23: CityWatchLA -- Without a Car in the World

Thu 22: Should St. Louis Consider Limiting Chain Stores? Is There a Better Way to Support Local Businesses?

Wed 21: The White City

Tue 20: Preparing Our Transportation Systems for Climate Change

Mon 19: Freedom of Movement

Fri 16: Fuzzy Dice 1, Cyclists 0

Thu 15: How to Keep Smart Growth Affordable: Build More of It

Wed 14: And Now, a Not-So-Simple Adjustment in Biking Infrastructure

Tue 13: Inspirational John Pucher

Fri 9: LA Relegates Cyclists to Second-Class Status

Thu 8: New Competitor for WalkScore Enters the Ring

Wed 7: How Does Child Care Access Affect Active Living in the Twin Cities?

Tue 6: Detroit’s Decline as an Opportunity

Mon 5: Advice for Taking the Car Free Plunge -- Part II: Back-up Plans

Fri 2: Employers Should Be Liable When Employees Cause Serious Injury While Driving, Texting, Talking

September 2009

Wed 30: Lessons from North Texas

Tue 29: The Middle of the Road

Fri 25: The Changing Face of Transportation in America

Thu 24: Investing in Girls and Women…for Safer Public Transportation?

Wed 23: Downtown Denver BID Honored as September’s Bicycle Friendly Business of the Month

Tue 22: First "Vote No On Issue #9" Ad Up in Cincinnati's Fight for Future Passenger Rail

Mon 21: Lowballing Light Rail

Fri 18: Development Bans Do More "Forcing" Than Smart Growth

Thu 17: Fear of Cycling 02 - Constructing Fear of Cycling

Wed 16: The Usual Suspects

Tue 15: Metropolitan Areas with Greatest Opportunity for Growth

Mon 14: Can Rapid Transit Work Along Freeways?

Fri 11: "Summer Streets" May Give Major St. Louis Streets to Walkers, Cyclists But Fix Nothing for Daily Use

Thu 10: City Weapon Against Big Box Blight Advances

Wed 9: The Great Georgetown Bugaboo: Cars and Parking

Tue 8: Stage Is Set for a Livable Streets Renaissance in Savannah

Fri 4: Concerns About End-Point Connectivity Are Overreaching

Thu 3: New Study Affirms Links Between Development Patterns, Transportation, Emissions and Energy

Wed 2: City Reacts to the New Cycle Track

Tue 1: The Trick with Carrots and Sticks

August 2009

Mon 31: Drinking Problem? or Driving Culture?

Fri 28: Vienna: Weaving a Total Network

Thu 27: Fighting Ourselves Over Funding for Intracity Versus Intercity Transportation

Wed 26: Winner of Reburbia Competition Would Turn McMansions into Water-Filtering Wetlands

Tue 25: Denver's Urban Design Masterpiece

Mon 24: The Downside of Living Carless in a Small City

Mon 24: Bueno Mr. Mayor, Se jodió la bicicleta!

Fri 21: Is Rt. 35 South of Pt. Pleasant "Shore" to Kill?

Thu 20: National Organization Finds That Bike-to-School Bans Are on the Rise

Wed 19: The Transport Index 2009

Tue 18: LAB Report: Bicycles Contribute $133 Billion to the Economy

Mon 17: Pedestrians Clearly Out of Control

Fri 14: Woodward: The First Mile of Concrete Highway

Thu 13: No Phones In School Zones

Wed 12: "No More Cars" vs. "Not More Cars"

Tue 11: The Captain Ahab of Neighborhood Design

Mon 10: Changing Federal Policy on Housing, Transportation and Environment: One Step Forward, One Step Back

Fri 7: No Overnight Parking

Thu 6: Bus Driver Experiences "Windshield Perspective"

Wed 5: Trust Me

Tue 4: Higher Densities Not Necessarily the Answer to Our Sustainability Questions

Mon 3: Interview with Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Oregon 3rd District, a Leading Advocate for Sustainable Transportation

July 2009

Fri 31: Hanging Up

Thu 30: CDC.gov: Halt Obesity Epidemic by Building Complete Streets Now

Wed 29: The Lost Wilderness of Childhood

Tue 28: Resolving the "Pedestrian Death Problem" in New Jersey

Mon 27: Public Bikes -- How Big a System? And Why?

Fri 24: The Games Traffic Engineers Play

Thu 23: Transportation Can Be Counterintuitive

Wed 22: Vancouver's Insane Experiment

Tue 21: Will Americans Care That Air Pollution is Killing Us Now That Babies Are Involved?

Mon 20: Impeding Traffic: Looking at the Bigger Picture

Fri 17: Smarter Cities and Flawed Rankings

Thu 16: Car Free Fridays Goes on a Low-Car Diet

Wed 15: Shrinking Cities Look to Innovative Solutions for a Difficult Transition

Tue 14: How to Design Resilient Cities

Mon 13: Jaywalking Saga Continues; Public Safety and Public Health Questions Remain Unanswered

Fri 10: Mistake Alert: Loop Trolley Proposal Looking Backward Rather Than Forward

Thu 9: Victory for Climate-Friendly Transportation

Wed 8: Telecommuting and the Broadband Superhighway

Tue 7: SeeClickFix Tackles Tomlinson Bridge "Disaster"; ConnDOT Vetoes Safety Improvements

Mon 6: Many Segments of the Population Are Too Old for This

Thu 2: Help Us Help Everyone!

Wed 1: Mind the Gender Gap

June 2009

Tue 30: Michael Jackson Trumps End of Our World

Mon 29: Highway Expansion Will Not Save Us From Idiots Behind the Wheel

Fri 26: Who Pays Attention to the Needs of NYC Subways?

Thu 25: Walk Your Bike Signs Cropping Up All Over DC

Wed 24: GAO Questions DOTs HSR Strategy

Tue 23: Hartford Courant: Highway Removal Could Heal the City

Mon 22: "One of the Major Hazards on Our Roadways in Montgomery County"

Mon 22: Is Detroit a Lost Cause Environmentally?

Fri 19: Reduce Car Culture to Increase Access to Healthier Food

Thu 18: Where Does Federal Funding for Bicycle Projects Come From, Anyway?

Wed 17: Shaw's Plaza Downtown: Street Design Worse than No-Man's Land Target

Tue 16: The Portland Effect

Mon 15: The Future of Fort Worth -- an Interview with Planner Don Koski

Fri 12: Creative Destruction Is Real

Thu 11: Memphis' Opportunity For First-Class Public Transit, Finally

Wed 10: Parking Policies Can Reduce Car Use

Tue 9: LAPD -- "Who Teaches the Teachers?"

Mon 8: Sprawl Dead in Jersey?

Fri 5: Pedestrian Safety Bill Moves Forward -- Meanwhile Pedestrian Deaths Go Through The Roof

Thu 4: Slow Ride

Wed 3: Nancy Kete on the Future of the American Transportation System

Tue 2: Gladly Paying for Parking

Mon 1: Cars and Parenting

May 2009

Fri 29: Automobile Attrition in Brickell

Thu 28: Not About Just Buildings, Cars

Wed 27: 'Street Temporary Transformation Programs' Are Big News Around the World

Tue 26: This Intersection Sucks

Fri 22: Jaywalking Crackdown: What’s the Goal?

Fri 22: In Praise of Redundancy

Thu 21: Breaking Down the Blueprint: T4’s Objective for Improved Public Health and Safety

Wed 20: 15 Cents a Mile for No Traffic?

Tue 19: Using Positive Messages to Encourage More Bicycling

Mon 18: A New Urban Environmentalism?

Fri 15: The Rise of the New Grass Roots -- Part 1: The Phenomenon

Thu 14: MoDOT Lobbies Against Complete Streets; Lobbying Efforts Under Fire

Wed 13: How to Keep Cyclists Happy at the Office

Tue 12: Promoting Social Equity Through Transit Fares

Mon 11: A Modest Proposal

Fri 8: Aloha Complete Streets!

Thu 7: Saving Money by Not Driving

Wed 6: E is for Educating Enforcement

Tue 5: For the Love of Lights, Bus Driver Wants to Throw Us a Party

Mon 4: Bad News for Traffic Signal Manufacturers

Fri 1: Complete Street Makeover for S. 2nd Street?

April 2009

Thu 30: Illinois Shuts Down Transit Project Funding

Wed 29: Franklin EDC Not Ready or Willing to Leverage Smart Growth and Impending Transit Options

Tue 28: Rep. McCarthy: Check Your Facts Before Bloviating About "Bike Racks"

Mon 27: Why Conservatives Should Care About Transit (and Trains)

Fri 24: Entitled Driving Journalist Syndrome Surges at WTOP

Thu 23: Bridges Tame the Valley's Freeway-Laden Landscape

Wed 22: Social Class in Transportation

Tue 21: New Jersey's Use of Stimulus Funds Breaks the Law

Mon 20: Is Un-development the Latest Trend?

Fri 17: Congestion Pricing: Practical Problems

Thu 16: Photo and Video Update on a Revitalized Old North St. Louis

Wed 15: "Portion Distortion" and the American Road

Tue 14: Is the Problem Auto-Dependency or Suburbia?

Mon 13: Mikulski Fiddles with Car Tax Credits While Transit Burns

Fri 10: CityWatchLA -- Inside the Crosswalk Sting at Deadly Intersection

Thu 9: Day One and the Missoula Master Plan

Wed 8: Missing Sidewalks Stir Debate

Tue 7: My Dirty Transit Secret

Tue 7: Law Enforcement Bias and the Three-Foot Law

Mon 6: Free Metro: Make Mass Transit Free For Everyone

Fri 3: No, DON'T Make 485 a Top Priority

Thu 2: Oregon’s Successful Mileage Tax Experiment

Wed 1: Calling Crashes “Accidents,” Even When they aren’t

March 2009

Tue 31: Strong Central Cities May Help in Weathering the Recession

Mon 30: Tell Governor Rendell to Release Safe Routes to School Funds

Fri 27: Call for Better Passenger Rail Advocacy

Thu 26: Bus Cuts and Layoffs: 25% of Service to Be Cut in Orange County

Wed 25: World's Cheapest Car: Progress or Eco-Nightmare for India?

Tue 24: Excessive Passive Voice, Linguistic Detachment Observed in Culpeper Road Fatality

Mon 23: Transit-Oriented Development: Beyond the Big City

Fri 20: Fear, Intimidation and Decision-Making

Thu 19: HUD and DOT Announce Joint Sustainable Communities Initiative

Wed 18: Ray LaHood: Cities Have Good Reason for Optimism

Tue 17: Highways to Nowhere: The 7 Most Ridiculous New Roads Being Built With Stimulus Money

Mon 16: Traffic Triples Risk of Heart Attack, Study Says

Fri 13: Bikes and Pedestrians Be Damned -- Go Big, Go Wide, Go Fast

Thu 12: Seeking a National Legal Standard to Ensure Traffic Justice

Wed 11: Smarter Stimulus Spending

Tue 10: “Beltway Burden”: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation

Mon 9: Rebuild Roads, but (Re)build a Better Transportation System, Too

Fri 6: Stimulus Idea: Passenger Rail Equipment Made in the USA

Thu 5: How to Fix Transit Financing

Wed 4: Memo to the States (and President Obama): It Ain’t Just Highway Money

Tue 3: Public Places Are More Important than Ever

Mon 2: US Vehicle Miles Driven Continues to Plummet; Trends Predict More Bicycling, Walking and Transit

February 2009

Fri 27: Transportation For America Officially Launches Campaign Platform

Thu 26: Competitors for High-Speed Rail Grants

Wed 25: Encourage Renting and Mobility to Reduce Sprawl

Tue 24: In Sustainable Communities, Architecture, and Preservation, Does Beauty Matter? Should It?

Mon 23: A Mileage Tax in Question

Fri 20: Let's Be Honest About Speeding

Thu 19: Connecting the Dots: President Obama Begins Laying Out a Vision for Transportation

Wed 18: Full Summary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Tue 17: Get the Message: Driving and Cell Phones Don't Mix

Fri 13: Federal Stimulus: KTVU "Report" on CityBus

Thu 12: Why Transit Needs Bikes

Wed 11: I Respect Your Right to Drive Like a Maniac Down This Street, But…

Tue 10: Where Is the Old AASHTO and What Have You Done with Them?

Mon 9: Against Transportation

Fri 6: Columbus: Downtown Mall to Be Demolished

Thu 5: What Does "Profitability" Mean for Transit?

Wed 4: Stimulus Update: Thoroughly Unstimulating

Tue 3: The Stimulus in China Isn't All About Cars

Mon 2: The European Attitude Toward Bikes Is No Accident

January 2009

Fri 30: Envisioning a Future Interstate Rail Network

Thu 29: Stimulus Update: Nadler's Boost and the Senate Plan

Wed 28: Support Rep. Nadler’s Amendment on Transit Funding

Tue 27: Gas Prices Fall, But Auto-to-Transit Shift Continues

Fri 23: Atlanta, Obama and Urbanism

Thu 22: Connected Street Networks Key to Economic Stimulus

Wed 21: U.S. Shovel-Ready Rail Projects—Starting Within Four Months

Tue 20: Moving Faster but Not Going Anywhere

Fri 16: Expand Highways as 160,570 Bridges Await Collapse?

Thu 15: Bike/Ped Bridge, Cycletrack Projects Will Be Fast-Tracked in City Stimulus Plan

Wed 14: What Our Cities Will Look Like in a World Without Oil

Tue 13: Stimulus Package Spotlights Transportation Priorities

Mon 12: Oberstar’s Infrastructure Bill May Define the Transit Equation

Fri 9: Beyond Bike Lanes: True Urban Design

Thu 8: On the Bus: Some Very Interesting People

Wed 7: Thousands of (Bicycle) Parking Spaces Going Away?

Tue 6: Zero Bike Fatalities in 2008: A Q & A with Portland's Greg Raisman

Mon 5: No Policy Change in the Stimulus?

Fri 2: Carfree or Country: It's a False Dichotomy

Thu 1: Looking Ahead to New Transit in 2009

December 2008

Wed 31: The Positivity of the Millennial Generation

Tue 30: What about Malibu? Classism in the Alt Transpo Movement

Mon 29: What Chicago Can't Do After Leasing Meters

Fri 26: Crazy Ideas Department

Wed 24: It's Cyclists and Pedestrians Who Subsidize Motorists

Tue 23: Wisconsin to Expand Highways Where the Air Is Already Unhealthy

Mon 22: Support Transportation for America's Call for a Greener Stimulus

Fri 19: Cyclists' Right to "Full Support of Educated Law Enforcement"

Thu 18: Sidewalks, the Simple Stimulus Solution

Wed 17: Rural Health Suffers from Lack of Biking and Walking Facilities

Tue 16: Obama’s Stimulus Plan May Need a Roads Diet

Mon 15: Economy Is Another Reason to Rethink One-Way Streets

Fri 12: The Case for a Four-Lane Sidewalk

Thu 11: Bailing on the Transit Bailout

Wed 10: City Auditor's Survey: Fewer Cars, More Bikes, Safer Streets

Mon 8: Change Will Come from the Bottom Up

Mon 8: Lacking a Transit Power Broker

Fri 5: Green Streets Growing in Lansing, MI

Thu 4: How Streetcars Can Evolve: A Lesson from San Francisco

Wed 3: Seeking Redemption for the Strip Mall

Tue 2: Let's Not Go Back into the Cheap-Oil Trance

Mon 1: The Perils of Handing Stim Funding to DOTs

November 2008

Mon 24: Walking the Walk

Thu 20: Next Steps for High-Speed Rail

Tue 18: A Low-Carbon Stimulus and Recovery Plan

Sun 16: More Stim for Transit

Sun 16: Bike Lanes Reduce Congestion

Fri 14: Dingell damage control