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Peter Norton: We Can Learn From the Movement To Enshrine Car Dependence

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 17, 2014 | No Comments

Yesterday, we published part one of my interview with Peter Norton, a historian at the University of Virginia and the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City. We talked about whether the push for infrastructure investment is always code for increasing car capacity, and how the Vision Zero campaign […]

Got Transit Troubles? The Problem Could Be the Chain of Command

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 13, 2014 | No Comments

If you still have to juggle multiple farecards for the various transit systems in your area — or if urgent maintenance issues in the city core are going unattended while the suburbs get a shiny new station — the problem might run deeper than the incompetence everyone is grumbling about. The root of it all […]

Weekend Job Market

By Streetsblog Jobs Board | Oct 10, 2014 | No Comments

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Communications Manager, Congress for the New Urbanism, Chicago CNU seeks an experienced communications and marketing […]

Ad Nauseam: Use Any App You Want While Driving — Because Safety!

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 10, 2014 | No Comments

Here’s the latest in wishful thinking about distracted driving. A new application called “Drivemode” wants to make it easier for you to use all your mobile apps while you’re behind the wheel — but don’t worry it’s safe! Because, at least theoretically, you don’t actually have to look at your phone. That’s the marketing message […]

Schlepping By Bicycle: The Next Big Thing in Women’s Bike Advocacy?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 9, 2014 | No Comments

Why don’t women bike as much as men? It’s a question that’s been getting a lot of press for the last three years or so since the explosion of Women Bike onto the national advocacy scene. Only about 24 percent of bikes on the street have women’s butts on them. What’s going on? The conventional […]

The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Catch a Bus to Work

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 7, 2014 | No Comments

This map shows the number of jobs accessible by transit from a given point. Few parts of Atlanta have good transit accessibility compared to the nation’s top performing cities. Map: University of Minnesota It’s been called “the geography of opportunity.” And David Levinson is trying to make a science of it. In a new analysis, […]

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