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Doug Mack@douglasmack.bsky.social
I think a lot about how we could just close like 20-30% of Minneapolis residential streets to cars, or make them annoying to drive on (e.g. much narrower) and it would barely impact commute times/convenience for most people while significantly improving their quality of life
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Seattle Rallies to Save Ballard Rail
People walk past the planned site for the Ballard Link station. On Sunday, hundreds of Seattleites and transit advocates walked from Ballard to Interbay and Smith Cove, roughly following the planne…
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We asked 12 notable Torontonians what they would do if they were mayor of this city. Here’s what they said
In the runup to October’s municipal election, the Star is asking notable Torontonians and readers what they would do if they had the power of the city’s mayor.
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National Work Zone Awareness Week highlights driver and worker safety in Pennsylvania
National Work Zone Awareness Week highlights the urgency of driver attentiveness in Pennsylvania, where work zone crashes led to 22 deaths in 2024, per PennDOT.
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Orlando is one of the least affordable cities, study finds
The City Beautiful is one of the least affordable cities in Florida and the U.S., trailing behind even some of Florida’s most cost-burdened cities, such
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You’ve Been Lied To About Roads For 60 Years
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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Luxembourg Pride and a rainbow in Niederanven spark a storm of criticism - Luxembourg
A rainbow-painted section of cycle path near the school campus in Niederanven has triggered a wave of reactions on social media, with more than 400 Facebook
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org
"We must look ahead to the changes likely to occur in Brooklyn and across the city over the next 20 years and plan accordingly," writes @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. "What if, instead of building for the city we have, we build for the city we want?"
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Inside the NYC Power Stations That Keep Trains Moving — or Bring Them to a Halt (Gift Article)
Transit officials are spending billions of dollars to upgrade New York City’s aging electrical substations, the mostly invisible backbone of the subway system.
Streetsblog USA@usa.streetsblog.org
The death of a husband and wife in separate crashes at the same intersection is renewing a battle for traffic calming in the Denver area — and sparking conversation about why multiple people have to die before communities take action to calm dangerous roads.
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Ahasan@ef63.bsky.social
While Vancouver drags its feet on improving four measly bus routes, a true world-class city, Vienna, is looking to speed up 29 tram lines and 135 bus routes, basically its entire surface transit network. The city will invest 2 million Euros annually until 2030 on transit acceleration measures.
St. Louis Public Radio@stlpublicradio.bsky.social
Clayton is commemorating a Black Baptist church that was forced to move by city officials in the early 1960s. First Baptist Church of Clayton will be honored with a ceremony April 30 where city officials will install a historic marker near the site:
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