The Streetsie Awards: Vote for Your Favorite Streetfilm of the Year!
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It's time to watch all the nominees and vote at the bottom for your favorite Streetfilms production.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Promoted
Streetsies Go National: Federal, State and Local Policies Worth Applauding
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After a three-year hiatus we're bringing back our year-end Streetsie Awards — and we're starting with some good news.
Federal Funding Bill Contains $45M for New Active Transportation Program
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That great news was soured slightly, though, by the very small dollar figure attached to it.
How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?
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New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
‘America’s Bike Mayor’ Put a Seat at Every Bus Stop. Why Can’t We?
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"If there's one more senior who can choose to stay independent in my city because we provided a bus seat to them — because in the absence of that, they don't have mobility choices — I'm going to put a bus seat there. As unsexy as that may seem to some folks, that matters to me."
Most U.S. Cities Can’t Set Their Own Speed Limits — But Maybe They Should
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Oregon may soon allow cities more leeway to set lower speed limits on dangerous roads — rather than reserving that power for state transportation leaders whose primary interest, historically, has been moving cars as quickly as possible.
Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move
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Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.
Fifth Time’s the Charm? Advocates Wary of City’s Latest Talk of Redesigning the Ritzy Avenue
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More than two years since the city first proposed a redesign of Fifth Avenue that included a car-free busway, Mayor Adams on Sunday announced a “major new visioning process to reimagine” the world-famous Manhattan corridor with improved pedestrian and cycling space, and expanded sidewalks. Huh.
Opinion: What If We’re Thinking About Impaired Driving All Wrong?
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Let's pull back the cover on some seemingly shocking stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Streetsblog Interview: New Head of Zipcar on Equity, Congestion and Parking
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As the city hopes to reduce its dependence on private automobiles in order to cut back on congestion, emissions and traffic violence, it’s also looking to expand its carshare program. So we talked to the head of Zipcar about the company's prospects in New York.
How Traffic Engineers Blame You for Their Profession’s Mistakes
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"Street design and land use are at the root cause of a lot of the traffic safety challenges we see across the country,” said Mike Lydon, founding principal of Street Plans. “And to fail to acknowledge that is a problem.”
Big Auto’s Fuel Economy Plateau is Especially Bad News for Pedestrians
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Average fuel economy on new U.S. vehicles has hit a troubling plateau last year, a new federal report finds — and the reason why is particularly bad news for vulnerable road users, in addition to the planet at large.