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New York's transit agency blows opportunity to build housing above its new subway line

Philip Langdon, New Urban Network

On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, home to some of the world’s most expensive real estate, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is letting building sites go to waste.

0 Fri, Sep 3rd 2010 1:40pm

Our mobile money pits: The true cost of cars

Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz-Fernandez, authors of the 2009 book Carjacked, wrote a nice piece on the costs of car ownership in the US.

0 Thu, Sep 2nd 2010 1:19pm

Missing the point on how to reduce traffic deaths

Philip Langdon, New Urban Network

The cost of traffic accidents is horrendous, but epidemiologists and The New York Times seem at a loss as to how to combat it.

0 Thu, Sep 2nd 2010 7:29am

Cuts in New Jersey school busing could be good for kids

New Urban News

Many New Jersey schools have eliminated "courtesy busing" for students living within 2 miles — a move that could help fight obesity, Zoe Baldwin argues.

0 Wed, Sep 1st 2010 8:34am

Suburbia is sublime; why try to become a big city?

The Virginian-Pilot

A columnist for The Virginian-Pilot, Kerry Dougherty, loves her suburbia.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:46pm

New York smart growth bill signed by Gov. Paterson

New Urban Network

The Smart Growth Public Policy Infrastructure Policy Act, which aims to spend more of the New York State’s tax money on infrastructure in compact communities and less of it in sprawling locations, was signed into law at 8 PM Aug. 30 by Gov. David Paterson.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:25pm

Needed: a better way of keeping infrastructure working well

New Urban Network

The old way of maintaining America's subways and other transportation components should be replaced, says a tech expert who has pondered the problems of Washington's MetroRail system.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 3:03pm

New York's variable-price parking program proves a boon to a Brooklyn neighborhood

StreetsBlog.org

Higher parking prices at busy times are allowing businesses in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood to serve more customers, a review of the city's Park Smart program finds.

0 Fri, Aug 27th 2010 11:35am