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Cartoon Tuesday: Where Do They Get the Money?

By Ian Lockwood | Mar 6, 2012 | No Comments

Editor’s note: Streetsblog is reviving Cartoon Tuesday and featuring the work of Ian Lockwood, a practicing transportation engineer and a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, on a semi-regular basis. Enjoy.

The Street of the Future: No Humans Necessary

By Ben Fried | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

This 45-second simulation of cute miniature jelly beans multi-ton driverless vehicles navigating the intersection of twin 12-lane monstrosities was featured on Atlantic Cities yesterday, and it’s been making the rounds via Twitter. With Google engineers tooling around in vehicles that drive themselves, it looks like the 1950′s-era dream of cars on autopilot zooming about on massive elevated highways has morphed into a thoroughly […]

New NYC Research Confirms: Parking Requirements Make More Car Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Feb 29, 2012 | No Comments

Evidence continues to mount that New York City’s mandatory parking minimums encourage people to drive. New research from University of Pennsylvania planning professor Rachel Weinberger, set to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Transport Policy, shows once again that providing guaranteed off-street parking spaces makes New Yorkers more likely to drive to work. […]

Truffula Buffs Rebuff Mazda: The Lorax Selling Cars? Enough Is Enough!

By Ben Fried | Feb 28, 2012 | No Comments

If you read Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax growing up or you read it to your kids today, then the sight of Mazda trotting out the protector of Truffula trees to hawk cars may have stirred deep feelings of revulsion. Our friend the Zozo has a petition on Change.org for you: In these advertisements Mazda and Universal claim that a new automobile […]

Get Involved With Streetsblog — Internships Available

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

Streetsblog San Francisco is searching for interns and volunteers who want to get involved in online media covering the local livable streets movement. Interns and volunteers will perform tasks like posting daily headlines, updating the events calendar, maintaining the appearance of the site, and writing content for the blog. Ideal candidates will have experience in […]

LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”

By Ben Fried | Jan 31, 2012 | No Comments

This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America. There are some interesting sociological currents swirling around LeBron James, bike commuter. While the photographer labeled James a “manchild” for taking to Miami’s none-too-friendly […]

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