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Support Pro-Human Transportation Journalism – Give to Streetsblog

By Ben Fried | May 30, 2013 | No Comments

We are rolling right along with our spring pledge drive. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far — your donations will be converted into Streetsblog posts making the case for more livable streets and Streetfilms videos showing success stories and ideas from cities around the world. But we need more readers to step up and […]

Pledge to Streetsblog and This Awesome Elly Blue Collection Could Be Yours

By Aaron Bialick and Ben Fried | May 23, 2013 | No Comments

Have you given to Streetsblog’s spring pledge drive yet? If not, may we suggest that this is the week to do so. In addition to supporting livable streets journalism and putting yourself in the running to win a Dahon folding bike, you could take home a sweet collection of books and zines courtesy of eminent […]

Give to Streetsblog By Thursday and You Could Win Goodies From Planet Bike

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2013 | No Comments

Thanks to everyone who’s given to Streetsblog and Streetfilms so far in our spring pledge drive — we’re nearly a quarter of the way to our fundraising goal of $40,000. I can’t emphasize enough how crucial it is for readers to chip in and help us reach our targets. Your contributions keep us going so […]

Transit Commuters Are Stinking Low-Lifes, Subaru Tells Transit Commuters

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2013 | No Comments

Think transit commuters are unwashed, uncouth bums? Subaru does. And the carmaker doesn’t mind telling them so. In recent Canadian editions of Metro — the free daily distributed at transit stops — Subaru ran a two-page spread spouting just about every negative transit, and transit rider, stereotype you can think of. The ad was brought […]

Driver Safety Laws: An Old Approach That’s Worth Reviving

By Steve Vacarro | Mar 19, 2013 | No Comments

In the aftermath of a crash, we inevitably ask: How can a dangerous driver be kept off the road? It seems that the entire automobile transportation regime is aimed at keeping the driver behind the wheel. Absent impairment or flight from the scene of the crash, police quickly conclude that “no criminality is suspected.” The […]

Lessons From London After 10 Years of the Congestion Charge

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 15, 2013 | No Comments

A Republican member of Congress told me last week that he recently was in London for the first time in a long while. “Traveling was so much better,” he said. “You can actually get around. That traffic-charging system they’ve got seems to be doing a lot of good.” London’s system — known formally as congestion […]

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