Road Diet

Beginning this month, Orlando officials will temporarily test a half-mile road diet concept along Curry Ford Road. This tactical urbanism project is expected to last 4 weeks.

March 18, 2018 - Modern Cities

Woodward Avenue will get a temporary road diet during special events in response to safety concerns connected to the QLine.

March 15, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Major changes are coming to one of Sacramento's busiest commercial and commuting corridors.

February 5, 2018 - Sacramento Bee

Chicago Avenue is a key artery for the city, so why don't some bike advocates want a bike lane there?

January 11, 2018 - Chicago Sun Times

Over 15 years have passed since most of the city's initial traffic calming, road diet, and two-way conversion investments were completed. These traffic calming and public space enhancements have spurred significant private sector investment.

December 5, 2017 - Modern Cities

A Better Block installation took over the streets of Kenmoore in Akron, Ohio last weekend.

September 7, 2017 - Akron Beacon Journal

A high-profile controversy over a decision by the city of Los Angeles to remove a vehicle lane in either direction has finally come to an end. The vehicle lanes will be restored.

July 28, 2017 - Los Angeles Times

After repainting the lanes on Rainier Avenue in Seattle, the street works better for everyone. If it's that easy, why isn't the model implemented more widely?

February 27, 2017 - Seattle Bike Blog

Oakland's Telegraph Avenue underwent a dramatic reconfiguration in April 2016. Since then traffic collisions have declined and walking and biking is way up.

February 3, 2017 - Streetsblog California

As heavy truck traffic is removed from the streets of Tampa's Ybor City, efforts to return the area to its place as one of West Florida's most vibrant urban neighborhoods receive a major boost.

February 1, 2017 - Modern Cities

A review and summary of Janette Sadik-Kahn's "Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution," by Bay Area architect and environmentalist Todd Jersey.

January 24, 2017 - UrbDeZine

Chynoweth Avenue in San Jose, California is notorious for speeding, illegal dumping, and prostitution. The city's remedy includes a fairly comprehensive reconfiguration of the street and its infrastructure.

November 1, 2016 - San Jose Mercury News

The Dallas City Council approved a road diet for Knox Street in Dallas, where 1,000 residential units are under construction on an already thriving commercial corridor.

August 29, 2016 - Dallas News

The Denver Business Journal editor spoke out in opposition to a proposal to add bike lanes to Broadway in Denver. Streetsblog responded.

July 15, 2016 - Streetsblog Denver

Help is on the way. The law that requires the governor's planning office to devise an alternative method for measuring vehicle traffic for environmental compliance will also take up where an earlier law that exempted bike lanes from CEQA left off.

April 16, 2016 - Los Angeles Times

San Diego's Draft Downtown Mobility Plan is laudable but consists of basic generalities and vanilla concepts, ignoring how an urban environment functions, writes Jimmy Parker, former president of the city's most urban business district.

February 26, 2016 - UrbDeZine

In-depth coverage of the improvement efforts underway on Seattle's Rainier Avenue.

January 1, 2016 - KCTS

Remember the term "transportation alternatives," as in alternatives to motor vehicle transportation? It's not used much anymore, and for good reason. But more modern terms, e.g. road diet, need to be rethought as well, posits Nate Holmes for Medium.

December 2, 2015 - Medium

"If the 20th century was devoted to building the infrastructure to service the personal automobile, then perhaps the 21st century will be devoted to undoing most of it."

November 12, 2015 - TechCrunch

The tragedy on Livingston Avenue could have been avoided, but the city of New Brunswick's concern was with motorists—not pedestrians.

October 9, 2015 - CityLab