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Cities
Goodbye, Sidewalks: London Planners Break Down Boundaries Between Cars and Pedestrians
Londoners learn how to share the street without barriers to keep vehicles and pedestrians apart.
Environment
Hangzhou's Massive Bike-Share System Dwarfs All Others
China has, in a few short years, built a 50,000-bike system for a city of nearly 7 million people.
Environment
Bike Sharing Thrives, Even in Mexico City's Chaotic Streets
Five years ago, it would have taken a brave soul to ride a bike in downtown Mexico City. Not anymore, thanks to a wildly popular bike share system.
News
How Speedy Buses Totally Changed China's Third Largest City
What can American transportation experts learn from China's cities? A heck of a lot, actually.
Cities
GOOD for America: Giving the Streets Back to People
Our CEO heads to the Dylan Ratigan Show to talk about car-free streets and the business benefits.
Cities
Activists Undermine San Francisco's No Sitting Law with DIY Benches
San Francisco made sitting or lying on the sidewalk illegal, so a group of activists has started installing benches in public under cover of night.
Cities
Chart: There Is No "War On Cars" in New York City
Local media is calling it a "war on cars." This chart shows that if it is a "war," the cars are winning.
Cities
Video: Driver Plows Through Critical Mass Bike Ride in Brazil [Updated]
Watch the video of a vehicular homicide attempt, get outraged, and then commit to doing something to make your streets safer.
Cities
Moving Beyond the Automobile: More from the Streetfilms Series on Livable Streets
The second installment of Streetfilms' excellent video series on the transportation solutions of the future, just released this week, covers cycling.
Environment
What Do The World's Most Romantic Cities Have in Common?
We love—and fall in love in—cities that engender the main elements of smart, sustainable urbanism.
Culture
Image of the Day: Bull Market on Wall Street
This colorful crocheted sweater adorning a Wall Street bull statue was installed by the street artist Olek last week in New York City.
Cities
Car-Free New York City Streets, a Beautifully Illustrated Dream
For a recent New York Times opinion piece, Bruce McCall imagines what the Big Apple might look like if all roads were car-free. It's not pretty.
Culture
Image of the Day: Make This Better in Ripper's Valley
Broken City Lab set up these brighlty colored cardboard letters to call attention to Windsor, Ontario's "dead-zone" known to as "Ripper's Valley."
Design
Fake Realtors Imagine Artistic Uses for Neglected Buildings
New work from Hypothetical Developments continues to advertise imaginary buildings and call attention to what New Orleans lacks.
Cities
Help CicLAvia Kickstart Its Way Back to LA in 2011
CicLAvia has partnered with Kickstarter to fund its 2011 car-free event. Donate by January 31 to make it happen.
Cities
Video: This Is What a Bicycle Parking Garage Looks Like
At the Groningen rail station in the Netherlands there are enough parking spaces for 10,000 bikes even though the population is only 188,000.
Cities
Steal this Idea: Pop-up Cafes in Parking Spaces
New York's parking space sized pop-up cafes program will expand next year. Could your city be next?
Culture
Image of the Day: Austrian Street Becomes a Race Track
Ochoresotto captures images of Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller's installation that places brilliant red turf paint on an Austrian street.
