Roadways

urban air quality

Air pollution needs to be dealt with in a more holistic manner, wherein major contributors, like industries, power plants, and vehicles are addressed together. No one policy is sufficient to deal with this multi-faceted problem.[read more]

the future of public transit?

With all-wheel drive and electric power, the Otobuxi can travel with quiet ease on narrow, residential streets. The vehicle can accommodate up to 12 passengers and does not require a driver.[read more]

arterial road speeds

A poll was conducted, which revealed that among local listeners, 47% were in favor of increasing the speed limit, 33% for maintaining current regulations, and 20% calling for a decrease.[read more]

ride-sharing in Mumbai

Recently, the State Government of Maharashtra began looking into a proposal to run long-distance, point-to-point shared taxi services to improve the quality of daily commutes in Mumbai.[read more]

better bike lanes

Inspired by the European and Canadian model, bike sharing programs are now spreading across the States, set to transform American cities, with their number growing 50% this year compared with 2012.[read more]

Kathryn Gray is the coordinator of Transportation for Michigan, a coalition of Michigan communities working to make their surroundings more livable. Kathryn has studied social relations, policy, public affairs, and public administration. At Transportation for Michigan, Kathryn's eyes are focused on 4 major areas - funding reform,...[read more]

2013 Index

Ever wondered where you need to live in order to be considered unusual if you don’t ride to work? To have urban planners fighting over how to make the city as friendly a place as possible for you, the cyclist?[read more]

Paris' tree-lined streets

During the reign of French King Henry IV from 1579 to 1610, he and his Duke of Sully remade French infrastructure with tree-lined highways. A new word was introduced, promenade: a special walk to see and to be seen.[read more]

biking in Detroit

The Motor City is slowly transitioning to be the Motorless City. Not only is bike transportation replacing automobile travel, visiting bicycling enthusiasts are impressed by Detroit’s investment in bike infrastructure.[read more]

transit in Zurich

I don’t think filmmaker Alessandro Della Bella intended to make a video about transit in Zurich, but trains, trams, streetcars and the people who ride them are the clear stars in this hyper-fun time-lapse video.[read more]

boulevards in Paris

The boulevards laid out by Baron Haussmann were lined with trees which were heavily pruned every year, a maintenance regime which kept these trees in perpetual adolescence and allowed them to exist with much smaller soil volumes.[read more]

Manhattan’s street grid is potentially the most powerful city building tool ever created. It has forced all new growth to integrate itself into the rest of the city, linking new into the old.[read more]