#ForewordFriday: Unleash the Bus

By Erica Sánchez Vázquez / On October 11th, 2019
Why fight for a better bus system? Steven Higashide explores this question in this chapter excerpt from Better Buses, Better Cities.
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#ForewordFriday: Not Sport. Transport.

By Katharine Sucher / On September 21st, 2018
Around the world, countries marvel at the Netherland’s impressive cycling culture and infrastructure while an insidious “that would never work here” attitude prevents real change from happening. But the Dutch overcame many of the same challenges as other car-clogged countries, and their story is an important model for moving the rest of the world toward a more human-scale, bike-friendly future.

#ForewordFriday: Urban Transformations Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On December 8th, 2017
Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly—and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, a failure to stem traffic congestion, and 1.25 million traffic fatalities each year. It is clear that change is needed. Instead of planning primarily for mobility, our cities should recalibrate planning and design to focus on the safety, health, and access of people in them.
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#ForewordFriday: Urban Stormwater Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On July 14th, 2017
Excess asphalt contributes to stormwater runoff, which can carry pollutants into water bodies and overwhelm sewer systems. As more and more cities reclaim street space for human life and habitat and enact far-reaching plans to address climate change, there is need for guidance on how to integrate valuable ecological processes into urban streets.

#ForewordFriday: Transit Street Design Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On April 15th, 2016
As cities strive to become more sustainable, livable, and healthy, they are increasingly becoming multi-modal. In 2014, Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transit, the highest since the dawn of the highway era. But most of these trips are on streets that were designed to move private cars, with transit as an afterthought. The NACTO Transit Street Design Guide, a four-color book, places transit where it belongs, at the heart of street design.

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