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A crucial Seattle street is getting the protected bike lane treatment thanks to the hard work of local advocates. Roosevelt Way is a direct and convenient bike route to get downtown, writes Scott Bonjukian at Network blog The Urbanist, but it also has a high rate of cyclist injuries. At first, a proposed redesign did not include a […]

Rochester residents are experimenting with a simple idea to make riding the bus a little more comfortable. Mike Governale at Rochester Subway reports that a group called Reconnect Rochester is testing out two brightly colored “bus stop cubes” to give bus riders a place to rest at stops that currently have no seating. Governale went around […]

There’s a notion that remains very pervasive in certain quarters — *cough* Joel Kotkin *cough* — that the reason so many American cities are sprawling and suburban is the natural result of market forces. Essentially, Americans love driving and big yards and so that’s what we get. But it’s a mistake to characterize American housing markets […]

The notion of cities as playgrounds for the young and unattached remains a pretty pervasive concept. The blogger at Family Friendly Cities has encountered it plenty. A young parent, he says that in his circles, the social stigma against raising children in the city remains irrationally strong: As a young couple we lived in a garden style apartment […]

Arlington’s streetcar plans are kaput. Photo: Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization News broke yesterday that Arlington, Virginia, is abandoning plans for a 7-mile streetcar along Columbia Pike. Proponents had advanced the streetcar for more than a decade and had secured some $65 million in state support for the $333 million project. But this month’s election delivered […]

We’ve heard a lot of good policy points on transportation from President Obama during his six years in office, and we’ve seen some progress, too. But transportation reform has never been a top priority for the president. Here’s an example from Network blog Systemic Failure: The Obama administration is leaving top federal transportation positions unfilled. There […]