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Clearing 30,000 Cars From Vancouver's Streets

When it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics next year, Vancouver will need to clear more than 30,000 vehicles off its roads everyday to avoid total gridlock. Doing so will require much cooperation from locals.
17 October 2009 - 7:00am
The Globe and Mail

Can Traffic Be Good for the Environment?

When it turns frustrated drivers to different modes like transit, walking, biking and carpooling, says writer David Owen.
12 October 2009 - 9:00am
The Wall St. Journal
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Stockholm's Congestion Pricing Cuts Traffic, Boosts Clean Vehicle Sales

Stockholm's congestion charge is not only reducing traffic and greenhouse gas emissions, it's also increasing sales of alternative fuel vehicles.
30 September 2009 - 8:00am
The New York Times

Eight Smart City Innovations

This series of infographics and posts from Good looks at innovations within a variety of world cities that improve city organization and operation -- from traffic to energy production to water conservation.
26 September 2009 - 11:00am
Good
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Nate Berg

The Social Life of Traffic

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 09:07

Traffic is essentially "an engineering issue," says author Tom Vanderbilt. "But there's also a layer of culture."

That layer of culture determines, to a large extent, how traffic can become a problem. This idea is explored in Vanderbilt's 2008 book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), a Planetizen Top Book of the year. He recently expanded on that idea for a discussion about traffic put on by Zocalo Public Square in (where better?) Los Angeles.

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Partial Closure Planned on San Francisco's Market Street

San Francisco's notoriously congested Market Street will soon see a lighter load of traffic, as officials roll out a pilot project that will ban private vehicles from the roadway.
11 September 2009 - 7:00am
San Francisco Chronicle

Fight Congestion, Boost the Economy

Reducing traffic congestion can have big economic benefits for communities, according to a new study from the Reason Foundation.
30 August 2009 - 5:00am
Reason

Friday Funny: DOT Advises Drivers to Solve Traffic By Honking

The Department of Transportation has released a new report urging drivers to combat traffic congestion by honking -- a method estimated to relieve 90% of traffic.
21 August 2009 - 2:00pm
The Onion

Monitoring Traffic Conditions With Lamppoles

Researchers in the U.K. are proposing a plan to utilize streetlamp infrastructure to install traffic monitoring devices in an effort to collect more information and aid transportation planners.
28 July 2009 - 10:00am
EE Times

Rethinking the Street Space: Why Street Design Matters

Streets aren't just for driving, and cities are starting to realize it. Amber Hawkes and Georgia Sheridan explain why street design matters and where we are today in terms of designing the "street space."
23 July 2009 - 5:00am

Fake Parking Signs Posted by Frustrated Stadium Neighbors

Neighbors of Dodger Stadium who are frustrated over game-day traffic and a lack of parking are trying to deal with the hordes of baseball fans by erecting fake signs.
23 June 2009 - 10:00am
The Eastsider LA

Return of the Pedicab

The City of Los Angeles is writing a proposal to bring pedicabs back to the streets.
17 June 2009 - 1:00pm
la.streetsblog.org
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The Mathematics of Traffic

A study from MIT's Department of Mathematics provides new means of understanding how traffic jams form.
16 June 2009 - 2:00pm
Science Daily
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Cheap On-Street Parking: Right or Wrong?

Planners in Park Slope have been experimenting with adjusting the price of on-street parking during peak hours on busy Fifth Avenue.
10 June 2009 - 8:00am
Streetsblog

Can Charlotte Overtake Atlanta as Powerhouse of the South?

Atlanta is seen by many as the economic powerhouse of the South. But some say Charlotte's progress in providing transit and reducing traffic may begin to tip the scales.
13 May 2009 - 5:00am
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Los Angeles Traffic Problem, From Above

Photos of LA from above showcase the city's traffic patterns.
2 May 2009 - 7:00am
GOOD Magazine

Inside L.A.'s High-Tech Traffic Control System

Streetfilms goes behind the scenes at Los Angeles' Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control office, which monitors and actively controls L.A.'s signalized intersections.
21 April 2009 - 8:00am
Streetsblog

Students Give Up Wheels for Their Own Two Feet

This piece from the New York Times looks at a program in Italy the encourages children to walk to school.
27 March 2009 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

Virginia Bans the Cul-De-Sac In New Subdivisions

Through streets in new neighborhoods will reduce traffic on and the cost of maintaining overburdened arterials, but builders and residents say it'll make their communities less safe and attractive.
23 March 2009 - 10:00am
The Washington Post
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L.A. is Number One in Traffic Delays, Says Study

As part of a larger series, NY Times guest blogger Eric A Morris talks about traffic in LA, and how the city's structure affects ease of transportation.
12 March 2009 - 6:00am
Freakonomics - NY Times Blog
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