Publication: Streetsblog
Is ‘walk score’ really just a ‘white score’?
A provocative new paper argues that one of America’s most popular real estate tools is driving investment to predominantly white urban neighborhoods, without meaningfully expanding walkability for anyone else.
How climate change is hurting transit ridership
Transit isn’t only a key solution to confronting climate change; it’s also one of its victims.
It’s working: Congestion pricing in NYC
In the first week of congestion pricing in New York City, travel times are down an average of 34 percent across the eight bridges and tunnels into the Central Business District, which saw a 7.5-percent drop in overall traffic, according to MTA figures.
America has a new ‘friendliest’ state for cycling
But even the best of the best isn’t doing enough to protect people on two wheels.
Could ChatGPT make America more walkable?
No, generative AI shouldn’t plan a whole city, but a new study argues it could help identify gaps in our sidewalk networks, tree canopies, and more.
US sets micromobility records, but the boom could go bust
The US is experiencing a historic surge in micromobility trips, but without more public subsidy, that boom could easily go a bust, a new report argues.