Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Japan

Japan’s ‘Old Enough!’ Sparks Questions About Car-Dependent US Childhoods

By Kea Wilson | Apr 25, 2022 | No Comments

A long-running Japanese TV show challenges young children to navigate their cities without adult supervision, making us wonder why American cities are so comparatively hostile to kids.

These Aren’t America’s Best Bus Stops … But We Still Love Them

By Kea Wilson | Mar 15, 2022 | No Comments

You still have a little time to submit your nomination for our America's Best Bus Stops contest — and we've got a little last-minute inspiration for you.

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Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding

By Kea Wilson | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.

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If You Want to Buy a Car in Japan…

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 10, 2016 | No Comments

If you want to buy a car in Japan, first you have to prove that you have somewhere to park it. That’s one of the policies Streetfilms encountered while interviewing experts for an upcoming three-part series on parking best practices. Here’s a sneak peek courtesy of Streetfilms correspondent Joe Baur, who grabbed this interview about the costs of car […]

Automated Underground Bike Parking in Tokyo

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2008 | 20 Comments

From Japan Probe via Gizmodo comes this video of an automated underground bike garage at a Tokyo commuter train station. For a single-use fee of 100 yen (about $1) or 1,800 yen for a monthly pass, customers roll their bikes onto a platform and use a control panel to have them whisked away to a […]

Traffic Jam on a Petri Dish

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

This one comes to Streetsblog via the Sightline Institute’s Daily Score, a blog covering environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest. Why do traffic jams materialize for no apparent reason? In an effort to answer that question, here’s a surprisingly simple experiment cooked up in Japan by the University of Nagoya’s "Mathematical Society of Traffic Flow:" […]

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