Federal Highway Administration
The feds just made it a lot easier for cities to...
We probably haven’t seen the last of engineers who insist on designing local streets like surface highways. But at least now they can’t claim their hands are tied...
For the record, the feds don’t require streets to speed car...
When advocating for a street redesign that will take some space away from cars, it’s common to run up against this classic brush-off from your local transportation agency: The...
The Level of Service metric shaped the American built environment, but...
“What you measure is what you get,” the saying goes.
That’s certainly true for transportation policy. And for a very long time one metric has...
Tell the Federal Highway Administration you want safer designs for city...
Earlier this fall, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposed a major policy change: Instead of requiring roads that receive federal funding to be designed like highways,...
The feds jump on board: Protected bike lanes are now official...
Protected bike lanes are now officially star-spangled.
Eight years after New York City created a Netherlands-inspired bikeway on 9th Avenue by putting it on the...