Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Road Design

CAMPO Suggests Grid of Safe Streets as Part of Freeway Project

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 10, 2016 | No Comments

The final public meeting for a CAMPO “study to develop a plan for bicycle and pedestrian accommodations near and across US 183 from MoPac in Austin to Cypress Creek in Cedar Park” will be this evening in Austin at Spicewood Springs Library: Thursday, November 10 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 8637 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, TX 78759 […]

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Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats

By Michael Andersen | Mar 28, 2016 | No Comments

Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Photo: John Paul Shaffer Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. For most of the 20th century, cities answered transportation problems by adding more pavement. More freeways. More lanes. More parking lots. More things that couldn’t [...]

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Retired Fire Chief: Make American Firetrucks Fit City Streets, Not Vice Versa

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 22, 2016 | No Comments

It’s a sad irony that fire departments, while essential to public safety, are often a major obstacle to safer streets in American cities. A smaller European fire truck (top) and an oversized American one (bottom). Photos: FireHouse.com When cities try to redesign streets to reduce traffic injuries and get drivers to travel at safer speeds, the local fire department often steps in to prevent changes that [...]