We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19
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Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about COVID-19
COVID ‘Sidewalk Wars’ Think Pieces Miss the Point
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The reason people die of coronavirus is because others are breathing and coughing and sneezing near them in close quarters. But cities have lots of space — if they just took some away from cars.
COVID-19 Cuts Car Crashes — But What About Crash Rates?
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This silver lining is tarnished: The number of car crashes is plummeting, but the rate of car crashes is actually up in many cities — as are the injury and fatality rates for both drivers and vulnerable users.
How to Open Streets Right During Social Distancing
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We need more space — which means we need a new blueprint for how to do Open Streets events during this challenging global moment and beyond.
Federal Corona Bill Seems Generous To Transit. It’s Not.
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New crisis, same old mistakes. The Federal Transit Administration’s $25-billion COVID-19 public transit grant package contains much-needed lifelines for struggling transit agencies across the country — but the amount received by each agency did not take into account the new reality of the virus, but were allocated using the same formulas from normal years. As a […]
There’s No Need For Blanket COVID Park Closures
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...with some very important exceptions.