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A recent post on Vox went viral with the argument that cyclists shouldn’t have to make full stops at stop signs and should be allowed to proceed through red lights “Idaho stop”-style. The author, Joseph Stromberg, gave a lot of compelling reasons why cyclists shouldn’t be forced to strictly adhere to rules that were designed for […]

If there’s one place that should have internalized the lesson that more highways harm cities, it’s St. Louis. Despite having the second-most highway lane miles per person of any city in America, St. Louis has been declining for decades. Alex Ihnen at NextSTL points out that both population and driving are declining in the region. […]

Just a couple of weeks ago, voters in Seattle and its surrounding counties rejected a funding measure to prevent dramatic cuts to local transit service. It speaks to the seriousness of the situation that city leaders are already floating an alternative. In an announcement yesterday, local officials said they will go back to voters with a […]

Transit in Houston could be getting a dramatic makeover, covering a much greater area and significantly boosting ridership — and running it won’t cost any more than running the current system. Houston’s Metro transit teamed up with transit consultant Jarrett Walker, who blogs at Human Transit, for an overhaul of its bus routes. The proposal […]

San Diego certainly has the right kind of climate to be a great biking city. But its streets — wide, fast, scary — have been holding it back. That’s beginning to change. On Tuesday, the city striped two buffered bike lanes on major streets. The writers at Bike SD say it’s an important precedent for the city: […]

In healthy urban areas, people always complain that there’s not enough parking. And they still do that in Silver Spring, Maryland, says Dan Reed at Greater Greater Washington. But they’re wrong. The city’s downtown parking supply is only about 58 percent occupied on an average day. Even as the city has grown, more parking is sitting […]