Design of Roads, Streets and Infrastructure

Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)

Wynwood is slated to get Miami’s first “woonerf,” a Dutch-inspired street design in which cars, bikes and pedestrians share the pavement. City comm... (2018)

It seems counterintuitive, but there’s evidence that getting rid of signals, signs and barriers might actually make streets a lot safer. Towns all ... (2017)

I want you to conjure an image in your mind of the white stripes that divide the lanes of traffic going the same direction on a major highway. How ... (2017)

What is the value of a street where people can walk safely? Why build streets that are constructed with the needs of people in mind, not just the n... (2018)

In the 1920s, auto groups redefined who owned the city streets. (2015)

This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)

What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we... (2018)

More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The ... (2018)

Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ... (2018)

Better Car Seats Are Just the Start: Road Safety Lessons From Sweden. The United States could do a lot more to make car travel safer for children ... (2018)

THEY call it “road rage” for a reason: few modern experiences are more exasperating than being trapped in a traffic jam. A new report published by ... (2018)

OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some ... (2018)

Vox Published on Nov 14, 2016 There's a method to the madness of classifying roads. Follow Phil Edwards and Vox Almanac on Facebook for more..... (2018)