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Past Network Roundup Articles

September 2010

Wed 8: Green Transportation Depends on Reining in Space for Cars

Tue 7: First Impressions of Obama's Big Infrastructure Announcement

Fri 3: Traffic Death Experts Ignore the Role of Dangerous Streets

Thu 2: Livability: A Small Town Value

Wed 1: Debunking the Myth of Motorist Entitlement to Monopolize the Road

August 2010

Tue 31: One More Legal Hurdle for Texas Cyclists

Mon 30: Winning Votes for Transit: Lessons From a Conservative

Fri 27: DC Region Thinks Bigger for Bike-Sharing

Thu 26: Proof From Jersey That Laws Protecting Crosswalks Don't Endanger Peds

Wed 25: In Support of Atlanta's Streetcar Proposal

Tue 24: In Atlanta's TIGER Bid, Innovative "Beltline" Takes Backseat to Streetcar

Mon 23: New Evidence Links Sprawl to Parking Minimums

Fri 20: The Public Hazards of Privatizing Infrastructure

Thu 19: Texas Judge Deems Cyclist Guilty for Riding on the Road

Wed 18: Wisconsin Gov Candidate Threatens Rail Extension

Tue 17: Houston METRO Expands Access By Removing Seats

Fri 13: Delaware Gov Signs Bill to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians

Thu 12: Is Your Home Less Affordable Than You Think, or More?

Wed 11: Chicago Commuter Rail Spends Big on Trucking

July 2010

Fri 30: 500 Square Miles Lost to New Jersey Sprawl Over 20 Years

Thu 29: Why Isn't Traffic Reduction a Top Public Health Concern?

Wed 28: Sales Tax Hike Could Save Olympia's Transit System

Tue 27: On the 20th Anniversary of ADA, Too Many Streets Remain Inaccessible

Mon 26: More Space for Parking Than Offices at Boston-Area TOD

Fri 23: What If Roads Really Did Have to Pay for Themselves?

Thu 22: Sympathy for the Careless Driver

Wed 21: Finding the Buses That Need a Speed Boost

Tue 20: Night of the Living Highway Extension

Mon 19: Atlanta Releases Nation's Largest Survey of Transit Riders

Thu 15: New Jersey Transit Village Program Continues to Grow

Wed 14: How in Good Conscience Can St. Charles County, Missouri Ban Bicycles?

Tue 13: Will California Achieve Its Anti-Sprawl Targets?

Mon 12: The Overwhelming Majority of Drivers Don't Want to Hurt You

Fri 9: Accounting for the Economic Payoff of Streetcars and Buses

Thu 8: Ohio DOT Can't Fathom Bike-Ped Access on Downtown Cleveland Bridge

Wed 7: Yes, You Can Move the Needle on Public Support for a Gas Tax Hike

Tue 6: The Freedom to Not Drive

Fri 2: What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets?

Thu 1: Telling the Story of Chicago, One Train Stop at a Time

June 2010

Wed 30: HUD Chief Preaches Livable Communities at Conference on Cities

Tue 29: Chicago Takes Tentative First Step Toward Bike-Sharing

Mon 28: Seeing the Street as a New Cyclist

Fri 25: It's Been a Great Ride

Thu 24: Jail Time for Hunting Down People on Bikes With a Car While Drunk: Zero

Wed 23: National Parks Service Encourages Exploration of Downtown St. Louis

Tue 22: A Boom in Bike Parking for Forth Worth

Mon 21: "They Have to Do the Right Thing or Else They’re Going to Get Killed"

Fri 18: Better Than Boycotting BP: Getting Out of the Car

Thu 17: No Better Time to "Dump the Pump"

Wed 16: The High Cost of (Bike) Parking

Tue 15: A Transit Education in Santa Rosa

Mon 14: Pedestrians Caught in the Crosswalk

Fri 11: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Accessibility

Thu 10: How Is a Parking Space Different From a Toilet?

Wed 9: More Bike Parking Goodness

Tue 8: Squeaky Wheels Get the Bike Parking

Mon 7: Like They Say, It Really Is All About Location

Fri 4: Plummeting Bike Use in Beijing, and the Need for a Global Strategy

Thu 3: To E-Bike or Not to E-Bike

Wed 2: Younger People Driving Less, Auto Industry Getting Nervous

Tue 1: What Do Sushi and Bicycles Have in Common?

May 2010

Fri 28: Walking Away From Oil Dependence, One Day at a Time

Thu 27: When Stop Signs Stop Working

Wed 26: Bike Infrastructure Where You Live

Tue 25: The Transit Hierarchy of Needs

Mon 24: Why Drag Two Tons of Car With You Wherever You Go?

Fri 21: New Urbanist Silverback Andres Duany and the Young Locusts

Thu 20: The Active Transportation Scene in Sioux Falls

Wed 19: Seeking the Next Interstate System, This Time Without Asphalt

Tue 18: Consequences for Banana-Throwers, and the Case for Human Decency

Mon 17: The Potential for Private Investment in Transit

Fri 14: To Succeed, Cities Need to Be Themselves

Thu 13: The Road to the Future Is Not a Drive-Thru

Wed 12: Bike Infrastructure Where You Live

Wed 12: Maine DOT Leaves Portland Pedestrians Stranded

Tue 11: The Great Bicyclist Responsibility Debate Continues

Mon 10: Brookings Report: "Bright Flight" Transforming Cities and Suburbs

Fri 7: Should Transit Systems Charge More During Peak Hours?

Thu 6: The Fine Art of Balancing a Street's Ecosystem

Wed 5: Pennsylvania Avenue Bike Lanes Provide Media Platform for Local AAA

Tue 4: In New Orleans, You Should Follow the River

Mon 3: Helping Pittsburghers Kick Their Car Habit

April 2010

Fri 30: Will Big Companies Really Be Able to Resist Sprawl's Siren Song?

Thu 29: Solving Chicago's Last-Mile Problem

Wed 28: For Some Businesses, Suburbs Have Lost Their Glow -- the City Beckons

Tue 27: Could Delhi Transform Its Polluted Canal System Into Verdant Bikeways?

Mon 26: When Illness Changes Your Ability to Get Where You Need to Go

Fri 23: Why We Focus on Unsafe Cycling and Not Unsafe Driving

Thu 22: In Portland, Construction Can't Kill a Bike Lane

Wed 21: In Dallas, a Community Transforms a Street

Tue 20: Parking Lots Shouldn't Take Up Prime Streetfront Real Estate

Mon 19: The Persistence of Bike Salmon

Fri 16: Rep. Steve LaTourette Backpedals on Dismissive Cycling Remarks

Thu 15: Going the Last Mile by Bike

Wed 14: What Do We Want from the Place We Call Home?

Tue 13: How Quickly the Windshield Perspective Takes Hold

Mon 12: Using a Twitter Hashtag to Get People on the Bike

Fri 9: Families on Transit Where You Live

Thu 8: In Charleston, a Movement to Get Cyclists Their Space

Wed 7: St. Louis Votes to Fund Transit; Fort Worth Goes Ahead with Streetcar

Tue 6: Chicago's New BRT Push Will Be Linked to "Livability"

Mon 5: Looking for the Future of Small Cities

Fri 2: The True Cost of a Miserable Commute

Thu 1: Demanding Complete Streets in South Florida

March 2010

Wed 31: Los Angeles as a Model Transit City?

Tue 30: Why Fort Worth Needs Its Streetcar

Mon 29: What's So Scary About Bicycle Infrastructure?

Fri 26: Older People Need Safer Streets for True Independence

Thu 25: A School Where You Have to Use Your Own Two Feet

Wed 24: Revisiting the Idea of a Bicycle Tax

Tue 23: What We're Really Saying When We Say "Alternative"

Mon 22: Getting Romantic About Transit

Fri 19: Getting More Women on the Bike

Thu 18: How Can Bicycles and Buses Share the Road More Safely?

Wed 17: Photo Call: Families on Transit Where You Live

Tue 16: How Infrastructure Shapes the Way We Move

Mon 15: Does Your City Have Ambitions?

Fri 12: Streetsblog Commenters, Unite!