Q&A with Grady Gammage
By Grady Gammage / On April 5th, 2016
How can other suburban cities extract lessons from Phoenix’s successes to work towards their own sustainable future?
Watch This: The End of Automobile Dependence Webinar with Peter Newman
By Matt Solomon / On March 9th, 2016
On Monday, February 8, Island Press hosted a webinar for its San Francisco Bay Area partners featuring international sustainability expert Peter Newman and TransForm’s Chris Lepe. Newman discussed his latest Island Press book, The End of Automobile Dependence, the final volume in a trilogy with co-author J
What Will a 21st Century Transportation System Look Like?
By Katharine Sucher / On January 19th, 2016
Last week, President Obama had this to say about the future of transportation at his final State of the Union Address: “Rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future — especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels. That’s why I’m going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.
Interview with Gabe Klein: Have We Reached 'Peak Car' In Cities?
By Katharine Sucher / On January 13th, 2016
Options like Uber, Lyft, Zipcar, and bikesharing have some people stepping out of their cars and turning to alternative modes of transportation.
What happens when disaster strikes during gridlock?
By Laurie Mazur / On January 13th, 2016
I was late for an appointment, sitting in traffic on one of the major arteries out of Washington DC. It was miserable, barely moving traffic of the kind that makes you whimper with frustration as yet another green light turns yellow, then red, as you inch along
A Salute to Nonprofits with Multimodal Mojo
By Hilary Reeves / On December 23rd, 2015
This fall, eighteen nonprofit organizations in the Twin Cities metro are demonstrating their multimodal mojo by being certified as Transportation Leaders through our program at Transit for Livable Communities!
NACTO Designing Cities: Where transportation ideas collide
By Matt Solomon / On December 8th, 2015
If you’re a transportation planner, urban designer, or all-around city enthusiast, chances are you have heard of NACTO.
Travels Across the Pond
By Carlton Reid / On June 2nd, 2015
After two years at home, sitting in a darkened room trying to make sense of research notes, wrestling slippery arguments into a book, I took the show on the road, spending half of April travelling around the US. It felt great to be out in the open, breathing in crisp spring air, talking to strangers. (Thankfully, my ability to converse with real live people had not been lost during my exile.)
Bike to Work: Spotlight on the Green Mobility Network
By Admin / On May 11th, 2015
Chronicles of the Ludlam Trail
Posted by Eric Katz at the Green Mobility Network
#ForewordFriday: Friendly Streets Edition
By Jason Leppig / On May 8th, 2015
After you enter our bike-to-work contest, sit down with this week's foreword Friday selection from Barbara McCann's Completing Our Streets. The excerpt below gives a glimpse of what inspired Barbara McCann to begin the crusade for more inclusive streets.