"Outside city hall, there is great urgency. Inside city hall, everything slows down."

At what point do our barriers become excuses and what does that say about our priorities?

"Cities must give themselves permission to act like the stewards they already are."

Clearing our streets of snow is supposed to make them safer. Crash statistics tell a different story.

In a system built to find fault and not cause, the street is always innocent.

Snow exposes our city's priorities, but it also shows us what's possible.

A verb became a noun. A process became a product. And an approach became an adjective.

For cash-strapped transit agencies looking to improve the rider experience, less may actually be more.

What happens when transportation is designed for funding, not function.

Understanding the planning “pyramid” and how commissioners can use their position to shape better outcomes.

A contentious project in Des Moines reveals a deeper issue: cities often react to proposals instead of clarifying what’s possible.

Why Langley’s investments miss what families actually need.

This is what local leadership looks like when the goal is connection, not just construction.

Mastering the little things is how we learn to do bigger things.

When a school is placed miles away from the families it serves, the consequences show up immediately.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, a man lost his life trying to catch the bus. When you look at where it happened, two things become clear: This was inevitable. It was also preventable.

Madison, Wisconsin's Transportation Commission approved a rapid response traffic initiative that could potentially make a dangerous street safer and provide a template for future street tests.

After 15 crashes in five years, Leawood, Kansas is starting to name street design as part of the problem. But safety can’t wait on slow, multi-year timelines.

Walking to school shouldn't be a death-defying stunt. That's why advocates in Maine are working with city leaders to make their streets safer.

At Ride for Your Life, hundreds rode to the Lincoln Memorial to mourn lives cut short by dangerous streets and to call for a future where no family has to endure the same loss.

How two identical park buildings reveal the power of small design choices.

Thanks to persistent local advocacy and city leadership willing to listen, change is finally coming to a dangerous intersection in New Haven, Connecticut.

With limited budgets and staff time, cities often reserve their safety interventions for the most dangerous locations. But that doesn't mean other areas are safe.

The notorious Park Avenue in Minneapolis is finally getting some immediate safety improvements, thanks to the efforts of local advocates and county officials willing to step up.