For significant populations of people in the U.S., the requirement to drive is a major barrier to participating in city life.

"Improvements"

So many engineering projects are formally called "improvements." The subtle bias of this language provides a glimpse at the values embedded within the profession.

Just Another Pedestrian Killed

This one’s on you, engineering profession. Society is done tolerating this level of indifference, incompetence, and incoherence. What are you going to do?

One Billion Bollards

If the federal government wants to fund transportation, skip the megaprojects. Start with a billion bollards.

Want to build a strong town? Make it work for people with disabilities.

Significant effort should be dedicated to creating more accessible built environments—because doing so benefits people of all abilities.

Pointing Hair Dryers at Speeding Drivers, Toilet Plunger Bike Lanes, and More Unconventional yet Effective Ways to #SlowTheCars

Until communities get serious about slowing the cars, pedestrians will continue to take safety into their own hands…often in very creative ways.

When Traffic Engineers Can’t Hear You

When an intersection checks all the boxes on the traffic engineer’s checklist—efficient flow, reduced crash rate, check—but remains a completely hostile place for humans, and we point that out, what happens? Often, the engineers don’t even seem to hear what we’re saying.

Top Story, Marohn, Engineering ProfessionCharles MarohnJanuary 7, 2019Diverging Diamond, #PedestrianUnfriendly

Residential Moats: Greater Rochester's Elmwood Avenue

Wide, fast avenues through residential areas act as moats. They divide residents from jobs, resources, and each other, and harm cities’ prosperity and quality of life. Here’s one example of such a “moat.”

Horbovetz, Top Story, #SlowtheCarsArian HorbovetzJanuary 4, 2019#PedestrianUnfriendly, pedestrian crossing, STROADS, Rochester

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 small steps can we take to fill sidewalk gaps?

My city spent $1.4 million on new street lights and not a cent to build badly needed sidewalks. What can we do?

Walkability, Top Story, Member PostMichael SmithNovember 9, 2017sidewalks, #PedestrianUnfriendly

The Magic of Tree-Lined Streets

Whether you care about the environment, property values, public health, or your city’s bottom line, you can make your town stronger by planting trees.

Bikeability, Kobos, Neighborhood Design, Walkability, Top StorySarah KobosOctober 30, 2017#PedestrianUnfriendly, environment, trees

Just Kidding

These comics illustrate what's wrong with crosswalks and why they rarely make streets safer.

Top Story, WalkabilityStrong TownsJuly 21, 2017pedestrian crossing, #PedestrianUnfriendly

Sidewalk Friction

A town can say that it cares about walkability, but its actions usually speak louder than words.

Top Story, Urban Design, Walkability, Member PostMichael SmithJune 30, 2017sidewalks, #PedestrianUnfriendly

An open letter to the City of Springfield

The condition on State Street is dangerous for anyone outside of a automobile. The city is well aware of this fact. Something must be done.

Marohn, #SlowtheCarsCharles MarohnMay 30, 2017pedestrian safety, car crash, #PedestrianUnfriendly

The Isolation of Aging in an Auto-Oriented Place

By designing our cities for cars, we have created landscapes that exclude the aging.

Walkability, ProppeSara Joy ProppeApril 17, 2017seniors, #PedestrianUnfriendly, page highlight

AARP Illustrates "Dangerously Incomplete Streets"

Talk about #PedestrianUnfriendly.

#SlowtheCars, Walkability, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 14, 2017seniors, #PedestrianUnfriendly, pedestrian safety

Best of 2016: Is your city pedestrian-unfriendly?

We’ve spent the better part of 70 years building our cities for cars, not people, and it shows. It’s time to make walkability a priority, not just a feel-good buzzword.

#SlowtheCars, Top Story, Walkability, KobosSarah KobosDecember 12, 2016#PedestrianUnfriendly

Suburban mall banishes bus stop service

In a thinly veiled attempt to keep "those people" out of a local mall, this spring, the Valley West Mall in West Des Moines demanded that a bus stop that services the mall be removed from its property.

The Magic of Tree-Lined Streets

Whether you care about the environment, energy savings, property values, public health, or your city’s bottom line--plant a tree by the street. You’ll make sweaty cyclists and pedestrians happy for generations to come.

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