Today from Streetsblog Network member GreenCityBlueLake, an update on the push to include bicycle and pedestrian facilities on a reconstructed Innerbelt Bridge over the Cuyahoga River — an accommodation that the Ohio DOT has been resisting. In the latest development, Rep. Dennis Kucinich has stepped up his involvement. From GCBL: Will calls for a bike […]

There’s a lot going on around the Streetsblog Network today. From A Place of Sense, in Indianapolis, comes a post about that city’s parking policies. A developer there, seeking to renovate an abandoned apartment building in an area with many parking lots, requested a variance from the city’s requirement that developments provide their own off-street […]

One of our Streetsblog Network member bloggers had a terrifying encounter with a pickup truck full of drunken men the other night. The author of the blog Imagine No Cars, wrote of being chased through the streets of Missoula, Montana, in fear for his life: Is terrorizing people wth motor vehicles just part of the […]

Did you commute by bike this morning? (I’m not at the office yet today, but that’s how I’m going to get there.) If so, you might be surprised to hear that "a bicycle is not a transportation device." Those are the perplexing words of John Cook, a supervisor in Fairfax County, Virginia.  The FABB Blog […]

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re thinking about parking, thanks to a post from The Overhead Wire on the devastating effect that parking structures and highways can have on a city’s infrastructure: More! That’s the scream of merchants and others who believe that a downtown without an endless sea of parking is not worth going […]

The Streetsblog Network has been abuzz over the last 24 hours about the TIGER grants that were announced yesterday by the US DOT. Elana had some great roundups on this site yesterday about winners and losers in the highly competitive process. Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic posted another good overview. He notes, as Elana […]

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re thinking about the reinvention of cars. At his blog The Bellows, Ryan Avent has written a two-part piece about how best to enable innovation in car design. His starting point is a review in The American Prospect of a new book called Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for […]

Yesterday on the Streetsblog Network, member blog Portlandize published a great post summarizing the economic benefits of better cycling infrastructure. The piece serves as a response to those who might have their doubts about Portland’s ambitious new Bicycle Plan for 2030. Just passed unanimously by the City Council, the plan will spend $600 million over […]

A couple of months ago, we wrote about Clevelanders protesting a $450 million rebuilding of the city’s Innerbelt Bridge that fails to include bike and pedestrian access. Since then, the Ohio Department of Transportation has dug in its heels, saying that there is no time to make any amendments to the environmental impact statement on […]

As we noted the other day, First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a multifaceted initiative to reduce child obesity in the United States called Let’s Move. It’s a campaign that emphasizes the ways in which getting children up and active can help to improve their health for a lifetime. The Let’s Move agenda focuses on […]

We got an e-mail late last night from Kevin Buchanan, who runs the Fort Worthology blog down in Fort Worth, Texas, with some very good news for that city’s streets. Here’s what Kevin had to report: Supporters of Fort Worth’s new bike plan packed city council chambers last night. (Photo: Kevin Buchanan) [A]fter a huge […]

We turn to the Streetsblog Network for a little inspiration this morning, courtesy of Robin Chase — author of the blog Network Musings and former CEO of Zipcar. Chase shares a story from a friend in India, Vinay Jayaswal, who believes that meaningful change on the most overwhelming issues can, and must, begin with the […]