Best of 2018: Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive

3 dollars and cents arguments that definitively prove the need for people-oriented, walk-friendly places.

A completely preventable traffic death shows us how street design makes our cities unsafe, and how simple adjustments could change that.

#SlowtheCars, Top StoryAlex PembertonMarch 13, 2018car crash, stc elected

Building for cars or building for people? 2 streets illustrate this distinct difference.

Once nearly identical, today two streets in this town have become radically different.

Success Story, Roads and StreetsJen KinneyMarch 12, 2018STROADS, stc elected

When your city hates your traffic calming measures

Here are 5 ways to make the case for traffic calming, even to those drivers who really hate being slowed down.

WIlson, #SlowtheCars, Tactical UrbanismKea WilsonFebruary 9, 2018page highlight, stc elected

The True Cost of a Stroad

Here are 5 reasons to stop building stroads (street/road hybrids) and start building real community wealth.

Roads and Streets, #SlowtheCarsRachel QuednauFebruary 7, 2018STROADS, stc elected

Texting in Your Risk Gap

Texting while driving is a very real problem. The cause of the problem, however, isn’t recklessness but an incorrect perception of safety on behalf of drivers who feel little risk in texting.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnFebruary 1, 2018cars, stc elected

Why Enforcement is Not Enough

There is no amount of signage or cops patrolling that will eliminate the problem of dangerous design. We have to address the root cause.

#SlowtheCars, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauJanuary 31, 2018enforcement, car crash, pedestrian safety, stc elected, stc ape

Road diet bridges a barrier, boosts safety

A breakthrough design on La Jolla Boulevard in San Diego cuts crashes by 90 percent and gives local business a big boost.

#SlowtheCars, Top StoryRobert SteutevilleJanuary 30, 2018Road Diet, stc ape, stc elected

The Sidewalk Mistake our Cities Need to Stop Making

Simple steps could make life much easier for people on foot. Why aren't our cities taking them?

Quednau, Urban Design, Top StoryRachel QuednauJanuary 29, 2018sidewalks, #PedestrianUnfriendly, pedestrian safety, stc elected

What does a walkable street look like?

Here are 2 handy checklists to help you tell the difference between people-oriented and auto-oriented streets.

Walkability, #SlowtheCarsRachel QuednauJanuary 24, 2018page highlight, stc elected

Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive

3 dollars and cents arguments that definitively prove the need for people-oriented, walk-friendly places.

Quednau, Walkability, #SlowtheCarsRachel QuednauJanuary 18, 2018Economy, stc elected, page highlight, Value Per Acre

Slow the Cars

The most compelling thing we can do today to make our cities wealthier and more successful is to substantially slow automobile speeds on our streets.

Gross Negligence

In this hard-hitting four-part series, we examine the root cause of America's dangerously designed roads, which take tens of thousands of lives every year.

#SlowtheCarsCharles MarohnNovember 1, 2017pedestrian safety, children, car crash, STROADS, stc elected, page highlight

It's time to end the routine traffic stop

Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnOctober 31, 2017Speeding, Philando Castile, enforcement, stc elected

Putting Portland's Urban Highway in its Place

In Portland, Maine, an urban highway has long divided the downtown from nearby neighborhoods in a dangerous manner. Local activists hope to change that.

#SlowtheCars, #StrongCitizens, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauOctober 13, 2017pedestrian safety, page highlight, stc elected

Springfield, we have a problem

Springfield admits it has a speeding problem. It's time for the elected officials to order that State Street be redesigned to make travel speeds safe.