As Inauguration Day gets closer, talk on the Streetsblog Network is turning back to the stimulus bill being pushed by the new administration. On Saturday, President-elect Obama once again talked to the nation about how he wants to pump federal dollars into infrastructure spending. And once again, while he singled out roads and bridges as […]

Here comes the car: A 1905 mural from the Detroit Public Library. Today on the Streetsblog Network, M-bike.org ("Promoting safe and convenient bicycling in Metro Detroit") takes a moment to set the record straight on who’s really paying for road maintenance in this country: Most cyclists have heard or read it before: bicyclists shouldn’t have […]

More lanes not needed in Milwaukee. Photo by compujeramey via Flickr. On the Streetsblog Network today: James Rowen, over at The Political Environment, writes about the Wisconsin DOT’s plans to add more highway lanes in counties that violate federal air pollution standards. He is not happy: Why should WisDOT be expanding the highways in known […]

Looking for "the support of educated law enforcement" in LA. Photo by Alex Thompson. Maybe it’s a Ray LaHood hangover, but today on the Streetsblog Network we’re keeping the focus on the positive call for change on the home front. Leading the charge is a post from SoapboxLA on the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights recently […]

The roadscape in Nebraska, built for one thing only. Photo by jWiltshire via Flickr. The health benefits of livable streets don’t always get enough attention. Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’ve got a story from Missouri Bicycle News about a new study from the St. Louis University School of Public Health documenting how the health […]

Pavement view, Times Square, by Moriza via Flickr One of the great things about following the feed of the Streetsblog Network is the sense you get of what is happening quite literally on the street level of communities all over America. Take one of our top picks this morning, a post from Portland. The other […]

Photo by Russ Morris via Flickr. Today on the Streetsblog Network, people are questioning the status quo.  Sustainable Savannah writes that the faltering economy provides yet another good argument — along with slowing traffic and making streets safer — for converting one-way streets to two-way. Elsewhere around the country, talk continues to be about stimulus […]

Hardly an inviting place to stroll. Photo from Broken Sidewalk. Today on the Streetsblog Network, we check in with the good people at Broken Sidewalk in Louisville, KY, who are talking about — you guessed it — sidewalks. More specifically, how poorly constructed they are. Imagine the outcry that would ensue if motorists were expected […]

Today on the Streetsblog Network: The Transport Politic talks about how Congressional support for bailing out transit authorities who got into troublesome deals with AIG is eroding.  Also, two stories about the importance of pedestrian infrastructure in suburbia. First, Planning Livable Communities laments the poor state of sidewalk snow clearance in Framingham, MA: Why is […]