What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Cafe Streets, Still Struggling, and Naming Rights

Bus project scope creep: Despite bigger plans for bus priority on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, officials have thrown up their hands for...

What We’re Reading: Income Taxes Legal, Langley SkyTrain, and Tulip Tower Kiboshed

Income taxes legal: A state appeals court says the Washington ban on net income taxes is unconstitutional ($) but also maintains invalidation of Seattle's...

What We’re Reading: New Presidential Digs, Toronto Transit, And Expanded PPM

New presidential digs: President Obama has unveiled the concept design of his planned presidential library in Chicago and even suggested that nearby streets should...

What We’re Reading: MLT TOD, Climate Change Adaptation, and Stone Age Policy

Rejecting inaction: In Phoenix, complete streets volunteers resigned en mass in response to inaction by city officials. Paris Accord in 2018: The United States is...
A pedestrian street in Macau.

What We’re Reading: Disconnected, Car-Free Streets, and National Transportation Framework

Disconnected: According to a new study, streets across the globe are becoming less connected. Curbing sprawl: An Arizona bill would block rural-to-urban water rights transfers...

What We’re Reading: Post Car Future, Rail First, and Dystopian Car Visions

Streetcar fare enforcement: Seattle is looking at more fare enforcement on the streetcar to reduce security incidents ($). Post car future: According to The Economist,...

What We’re Reading: Let The People Decide On Climate

Tunnel talk: Governor Jay Inslee sits down with Grist to talk Bertha, still supports the project. Streetsblog asks if it's too late to stop Bertha...

What We’re Reading: Week Without Driving, Klimaticket, and Bikes Fight Carbon

Week Without Driving: The Everett Herald ($), Real Change News, and The Stranger talk about Disability Rights Washington's Week Without Driving campaign. East Side Access:...