Richmond, VA, architect Erik Bootsma shows through some simple (but effective) illustrations how a dangerous intersection can be made safer.
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How should engineers be thinking about building wealth in communities? That’s just one of the questions Chuck Marohn asks of Ian Lockwood, a recognized national leader in sustainable transportation policy and urban design.
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The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition responds to a proposed helmet mandate, explaining how while helmets increase safety for individuals, they can actually decrease safety for bicyclists, overall.
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MassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?
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After 2.5 years of success, officials in Peekskill, NY, are threatening to open this community gathering place back up to motorized traffic—but locals aren’t taking this threat lying down.
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If cities strive to meet the basic physiological human need to move our bodies, they may be pleasantly surprised at how everything else just falls into place.
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As traditional highway expansions are put on pause around the country, professionals and policymakers have an opportunity to move forward with a better approach. This book shows them how.
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The news of Paris restricting e-scooters has been widely criticized by urbanists and mobility advocates across the web. Here’s why it might not be such a bad call, after all.
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Residents of Winter Garden, FL, realized they needed to take action to revive their declining town. They did this by focusing on one straightforward goal: bring people back downtown.
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Blue Zones Director of Innovation and Inspiration Dan Burden talks about challenges exist in changing our built environment, and what stood out in the crash he analyzed on a recent Crash Analysis Studio episode.
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Agar Road in Hyattsville, MD, has been lauded as a successful "Complete Street." But this so-called Complete Street is, in reality, completely dangerous—and a woman has lost her life because of it.
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Through a series of walk audits, local leaders in Peoria, IL, are not only observing the urban environment, but starting to understand how small, simple actions can profoundly shape it.
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This “Complete Street” is really a stroad in disguise—and that’s led to some deadly consequences.
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A real estate listing can be used as a roadmap to the attributes that Strong Towns advocates for: human-scale development, safe places to walk and bike, and responsive local government.
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People find it easy to blame a drunk driver for an accident, but what about a drunk pedestrian?
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Political and engineering leaders in Madison, WI, are working to make their city streets safer by developing a culture of safety with the efforts of their Vision Zero initiative.
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White Flint, MD, presents a great case study for how a community can begin shifting the conversation on its transportation infrastructure and development pattern.
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Strong Towns advocates in Shreveport, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette are coming together to work for safer streets.
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In the 10th anniversary edition of his book Walkable City, Jeff Speck suggests a new pledge that professional planners should take in order to qualify for certification—and to better serve society.
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So, your community has decided it needs more parking. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to destroy buildings and dump a sizeable amount of money into (and take on the long-term liabilities of) a block-sized parking lot.
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