SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Chicago vs. Staten Island
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We're rounding out the final four with two stops in major cities that are also major-league messes.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chicago
Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
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The problem, of course, is America's car culture itself: Most commuters don't take public transit and view congestion pricing as a tax, making it a huge political lift, even if there's a groundswell of support for reform, these experts added.
Residential-Parking Permits: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
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It's been tried all over the country, with some big hiccups. But parking management could succeed here. The key word is "could."
Take Citi Bike to the Polls Next Tuesday — For Free
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Motivate, which runs bike share systems nationwide, will give residents of nine big cities free bikes on Election Day, Nov. 6.
A Look at Chicago’s New Intersection Design Where Two Bikeways Cross Paths Downtown
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Chicago is implementing intersections with more robust safety features where bikeways intersect in the Loop. On a recent trip, Clarence Eckerson Jr. made this short Streetfilm of the intersection of Dearborn and Randolph streets.
The Inside Story of How Chicago Built the Dearborn Street Bike Lane
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Editor’s note: As transportation commissioner for DC and later Chicago, Gabe Klein was pivotal in the development of a new model for big-city DOTs. Along with Janette Sadik-Khan in New York, Klein (who sits on the board of OpenPlans, the organization that publishes Streetsblog) pioneered an approach that prioritized people instead of cars and emphasized the importance of […]