Timothée Chalamet on a Bike Shows How We Can Travel Faster Without Cars

When actor Timothée Chalamet got stuck in traffic on the way to a movie premiere, he showed that rethinking how we travel can lead to better outcomes for everyone.

News, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 24, 2025safe and productive streets, bikeability, traffic congestion, Street Design, people centered places Be the First to Comment

Limiting Housing Is Actually Causing All That Traffic

Fearing traffic congestion, pollution and water scarcity, the city of Santa Barbara, California, enforced a population cap by preventing the construction of extra housing units. However, 40 years later, the lack of housing is proving to cause these issues more than prevent them.

Top StorySullivan IsraelOctober 18, 2024Incremental Housing, housing crisis, traffic congestion, Population, california Be the First to Comment

Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Like Bike Lanes. Floridians Seem To Agree.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to accelerate road projects, claiming it will make driving less miserable. However, driving in Florida isn’t miserable because of a lack of roads —it’s miserable because the road network is designed in nonsensical, dangerous ways that increase congestion and make it impossible to drive anywhere in a straight line.

Marohn, Trending, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 29, 2024safe and productive streets, bikeability, florida, politics, traffic congestion 4 Comments

Inside the Notorious Gridlock of Colorado's I-70

Since the 1970s, the number of cars on I-70 between Denver and its surrounding resorts have jumped more than 500 percent, resulting in gridlock every weekend during ski season. Can this be fixed?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 17, 2024upzoned, podcast, highways, colorado, traffic congestion 6 Comments

Toledo Freeway Fighters Are Weaponizing ODOT’s Data Against It

DOTs commonly justify highway expansion projects by claiming increased capacity will relieve traffic congestion and spur economic growth—but Toledo, OH, residents are busting these myths using ODOT’s own data.

Top StoryAsia MieleszkoOctober 24, 2023traffic congestion, freeway widening, ohio, end highway expansion, department of transportation, local conversations Be the First to Comment

Hey, Stroad Sister

MassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?

Top StoryWill GardnerApril 27, 2023Street Design, speeding, speed, design, congestion, traffic congestion, traffic engineering, stroad, safe and productive streets, massachusetts 2 Comments

Making the Most of Your Transportation Options—And Getting Your Neighbors Onboard

White Flint, MD, presents a great case study for how a community can begin shifting the conversation on its transportation infrastructure and development pattern.

Edward Erfurt, Top StoryEdward ErfurtMarch 17, 2023traditional development pattern, development pattern, suburban development pattern, traffic congestion, community engagement, maryland, safe and productive streets, development Be the First to Comment

$4.7 Billion New Jersey Turnpike Expansion Ignores Local Leaders and Invites More Gridlock

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority plans to spend $4.7 billion updating and widening an eight-mile section of the turnpike, in the hopes of relieving congestion. Here’s why it’s not going to help.

Top StoryKelcie Ralph and Nicholas KleinSeptember 15, 2022highways, highway spending, freeways, freeway widening, congestion, traffic congestion, congestion pricing, local government, transportation spending, infrastructure spending, transportation, end highway expansion, new jersey 5 Comments

New York's New Experiment in Fighting Gridlock

America’s first experiment with charging a toll to enter a congested urban area is going to begin in New York City next year.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 24, 2022podcast, congestion, congestion pricing, traffic congestion, toll roads, transportation, traffic engineering, upzoned, new york Be the First to Comment

What Causes Traffic Problems? Updating Your Mental Model

Part of why we can't agree on constructive solutions to traffic congestion is that our basic mental model of what causes traffic is wrong. But what if we made a slight update to that model?

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 24, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, transportation, congestion, density, development 12 Comments

Grids Are Good

These observations from a morning detour demonstrate why small neighborhood side streets are better than big, wide highways, even when it comes to moving traffic.

Top StorySeth ZerenMay 12, 2022traffic congestion, streets, highways, grid, traffic engineering, congestion, Street Design 7 Comments

The Reckless Driver Narrative Is Reckless. Stop Spreading It.

If we want safe and productive streets, we have to focus on the deadly design of our public spaces and not be distracted by the scapegoating narrative of the “reckless driver.”

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 7, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, pedestrians, safety, public safety, transportation 10 Comments

We Need to Embrace Traffic Congestion, Not Fight It

We’ve spent trillions fighting congestion so that it’s easy to drive everywhere. But we’re fighting a losing battle, and simultaneously losing our ability to walk anywhere.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnFebruary 21, 2022congestion, traffic congestion, traffic engineering, infrastructure spending, infrastructure, transportation, american jobs plan, end highway expansion, safe and productive streets 7 Comments

Driving Went Down. Fatalities Went Up. Here's Why.

Americans drove less during the early months of pandemic, yet traffic fatalities increased—and have yet to go back down. And the “official” explanations for it are completely wrong.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnJanuary 10, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, engineers, transportation, car crash, safe and productive streets, covid, safety 10 Comments

How to Solve Traffic Congestion: A Miracle in Louisville?

Kentucky and Indiana wasted a billion dollars on highway capacity that people don’t use or value.

Top StoryJoe CortrightDecember 1, 2021traffic congestion, traffic engineering, toll roads, freeways, freeway widening, highways, highway spending, kentucky, indiana 24 Comments

10 Reasons to Not Trust ODOT's Environmental Claims

Oregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Top StoryJoe CortrightOctober 26, 2021traffic projections, traffic engineering, traffic congestion, highways, freeway widening, freeways, environment, end highway expansion, oregon 5 Comments

"Does Induced Demand Apply to Bike Lanes?" and Other Questions

And what this tells us about what the common buzzword really means.

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 25, 2021induced demand, traffic congestion, roads, highways, transit, transportation, bike lanes, traffic engineering 51 Comments

The Projections Fallacy

We spend billions every year on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections—despite the fact that we don’t accurately project traffic.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 16, 2021traffic projections, traffic congestion, engineers, transportation, traffic engineering

Traffic Congestion Was Last Century’s Problem…but It Is This Century’s Solution

Our national transportation obsession has been about maximizing the amount that you can drive. We now need to focus on minimizing the amount you are forced to drive.