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Path Path About Contact Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Streetsblog Logo OUR SITES HOME USA NYC MASS LA CHI SF DEN CAL HOME USA NYC MASS LA CHI SF DEN CAL STREET FILMS SEARCH Streetsblog Logo Informing the movement to improve walking, biking, and transit Follow Us: Facebook Twitter SEARCH Top Stories STREETSBLOG USA Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19 By Kea Wilson | Apr 20, 2020 STREETSBLOG USA Rear-Door Boarding Leaves Disabled Riders Stranded By John Greenfield | Apr 20, 2020 STREETSBLOG NYC Op-Ed: Saving New York After COVID-19 By Lisa Orman | Apr 20, 2020 Recent Stories STREETSBLOG NYC A Round and a Roundy: Bill’s Wheel of Excuses By Streetsblog | Apr 20, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG NYC Study About Subway COVID Spread Is Crap By Alon Levy | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG SF Bicycle Coalition Pushes for Open Streets By Roger Rudick | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG USA Opening Streets is Easy, Says Top Urban Planner By Mike Lydon | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG USA COVID Legacy: It’s Time to De-Car The Delivery Sector By Kea Wilson | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG SF Jeffrey Tumlin Talks Post-COVID Transit By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG USA Talking Headways Podcast: Laws Prioritize Cars Over People By Jeff Wood | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG USA The ‘Machine’ That Shows We Need Wider Sidewalks Now By Kea Wilson | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG USA Op-Ed: Mobility Justice Amid COVID-19 By The Untokening | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments STREETSBLOG SF Eyes on the Street: Oakland’s Open Space Revolution By Roger Rudick | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest Sign Up Recently Posted Jobs Senior Manager, Engineering (Traffic), Metro, California 2 months ago Policy Director, OpenPlans, New York, NY 2 months ago NACTO, Senior Communications Associate (New York) 4 months ago NACTO, Program Manager to Senior Program Manager, Design Education (New York) 4 months ago NACTO, Director of Engagement (New York) 4 months ago Post a Job See More Jobs USA Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19 By Kea Wilson | Apr 20, 2020 COVID-19 is a killer. But it has an accomplice: car culture. Rear-Door Boarding Leaves Disabled Riders Stranded By John Greenfield | Apr 20, 2020 This post originally appeared on Streetsblog Chicago and is republished here with permission. CTA bus drivers have every right to be concerned about their health during COVID-19. Even with plummeting transit ridership, dozens of people are riding their vehicles every day, creating the potential for viral exposure. Several CTA employees have tested positive for the […] Drivers Drown Out Voices of Vulnerable By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic. More From USA NYC Bellevue Cyclist and Healthcare Hero to Mayor: ‘We Risk Our Lives Everyday; We Shouldn’t Have To On The Street, Too’ By Streetsblog | Apr 20, 2020 "It is irresponsible to continue to allow this to happen to our city," the Bellevue worker wrote. A Round and a Roundy: Bill’s Wheel of Excuses By Streetsblog | Apr 20, 2020 Our editorial cartoonist found the perfect graphic representation of Mayor de Blasio's changing rationale on open streets. Op-Ed: Saving New York After COVID-19 By Lisa Orman | Apr 20, 2020 The city can start building a healthier, more sustainable future by reclaiming streets from cars now. It's not rocket science, Bill de Blasio. More From NYC LA Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 1, 2020 Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help Beverly Hills to Speed Subway Construction By Joe Linton | Mar 30, 2020 A proposal to take advantage of decreased traffic could save 6 months on Purple Line subway construction Metro Signs $1.3 Billion Full Funding Grant Agreement For Westside Subway Phase 3 By Joe Linton | Mar 24, 2020 Two years overdue, feds finally approve funding for Westside Subway section 3 - from Beverly Hills to West L.A. More From LA CHICAGO A tale of two Chicagos: The South and West sides have different pandemic priorities than the North Side By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 17, 2020 There are multiple reasons why open street may not be a pressing concern for Black and Latinx Chicago residents during the pandemic, but it can be part of the solution for improving access to open space. MPC, Council on Global Affairs staffers urge the city to open streets during pandemic By Sharon Hoyer | Apr 16, 2020 Sidewalks, parks, and trails are crowded in Chicago, and speeding and sever crashes are up. Local transportation leaders say it's time for an open streets program. Metra construction continues full steam (diesel, electricity?) ahead during COVID-19 By Igor Studenkov | Apr 15, 2020 A silver lining of the pandemic is that while Metra schedules are light, the railroad can get a jump on construction projects. More From CHICAGO SF Weekend Roundup: More Oakland Slow Streets, Walk to Work, Pacheco HSR By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2020 A few quick updates on safe-streets topics as the Bay Area wraps up month one of 'shelter in place' in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 Jeffrey Tumlin Talks Post-COVID Transit By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2020 Everything has changed with the pandemic. But with crisis comes opportunity Bicycle Coalition Pushes for Open Streets By Roger Rudick | Apr 15, 2020 Oakland set the bar for open streets. Now advocates in other parts of the Bay Area want a place to exercise safely... and more More From SF DENVER COVID-19 Cuts Car Crashes — But What About Crash Rates? By Kea Wilson | Apr 10, 2020 This silver lining is tarnished: The number of car crashes is plummeting, but the rate of car crashes is actually up in many cities — as are the injury and fatality rates for both drivers and vulnerable users. Opening Streets Safely During Social Distancing By Kea Wilson | Apr 8, 2020 We need more space — which means we need a new blueprint for how to do Open Streets events during this challenging global moment and beyond. Federal Corona Bill Seems Generous To Transit. It’s Not. By Kea Wilson | Apr 8, 2020 New crisis, same old mistakes. The Federal Transit Administration’s $25-billion COVID-19 public transit grant package contains much-needed lifelines for struggling transit agencies across the country — but the amount received by each agency did not take into account the new reality of the virus, but were allocated using the same formulas from normal years. As a […] More From DENVER CALIFORNIA California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel By Melanie Curry | Apr 17, 2020 Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One By Melanie Curry | Apr 9, 2020 "The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents." Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates By Melanie Curry | Apr 7, 2020 In California, the people living next to highways, major roads, and polluting industries--and thus subjected to higher levels of pollution--tend to be low-income communities of color. More From CALIFORNIA SOUTHEAST How I Respond to “Atlanta Is a Car Town, Not a Cycling and Transit Town” By ATL Urbanist | Jan 2, 2018 A commenter on a recent post of mine mentioned a couple of pretty common criticisms about expectations for growth in cycling and transit in Atlanta. What Makes a Good City? You Need the Right Co...