It’s time for another slide show from the Streetsblog Network. Last time, we asked you for images of bike traffic from around the country. You can see the result here. This time, we were looking for pictures of cars and other motor vehicles hogging space. And boy, did you deliver. We had dozens of submissions […]

Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re looking at a post from Kaid Benfield on NRDC Switchboard about smart growth and how to make it more affordable. The answer, in a nutshell, is to build more of it — and the market tells us the demand is there. Benfield writes about a recent paper by Todd […]

Today from Biking in LA, some thoughts on how to sell the idea of bicycle boulevards to non-cycling homeowners: Wouldn’t this street look nicer as a bike boulevard? The simple fact is, not many people want a bike boulevard on their street. At least, not until they understand what it actually means. And that’s our […]

Today, a bit of a Transatlantic love on the Streetsblog Network, as Copenhagenize posts about a new paper on how to increase bicycling rates from Rutgers urban planning prof John Pucher. Copenhagenize’s Mikael Colville-Andersen writes: Rutgers urban planning professor John Pucher’s new paper talks about ways to increase the use of bicycles. The newest paper […]

Anyone who regularly uses a bicycle for transportation in the United States knows the feeling — the nagging anxiety about what will happen when you arrive at your destination, especially if it’s a place you’ve never been on your bike before. Will there be a place to lock up? Will security guards be helpful or […]

A few exciting technology-related items have come over the transom in the past couple of days.  First, courtesy of Streetsblog Network member Living Car-Free in Big D, news of Walkshed, a prototype web application to measure walkability. Building on the concept embodied by the popular Walk Score app — which allows users to see what […]

In honor of International Walk to School Day, we’re going to look at a post from Minnesota’s Twin Cities about what you might call Wouldn’t It Be Great If You Could Walk Your Kid to Preschool Day. Streetsblog Network member Net Density makes the excellent point that for parents of preschool-age children, having child care […]

Our first user-generated slide show, on bike traffic, was a lot of fun. (See it here.) This time out, we’re looking for pictures that show cars — the most inefficient form of transportation — hogging public space. Reader Evan Goldin has already sent along a few, including the image at right, which he snapped with […]

The city of Detroit has gotten a lot of attention recently, most of it lamenting how far its fortunes have fallen. Time magazine has even sent reporters to live in a Detroit neighborhood for a year, covering it as if it were a foreign country — which, in a sense, it is. Foreign at least […]

The other night I was talking with a friend who wants to give up his family’s car but is having trouble convincing his wife that they can do without it. I assured him that it really is possible, given his circumstances — they live in New York, close to several subway lines, and just a […]