NACTO and the Volpe Center say smaller trucks could save lives.

A study found that even people in affluent neighborhoods get sick if their neighbors aren't friendly.

The King Street Pilot Project numbers look good.

Victor Gruen might have liked what is happening to them as they become more like cities.

Not too many people are squatting in parking spaces today. It is the story of one of the great successes in tactical urbanism.

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.

There's no such thing as a free lunch because governments say so.

Research shows that play is important. So why are city streets so sterile?

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation shows how thinking circular could change the way we live for the better.

They are right about that. The rest of the list? Not so sure.

They are going with NACTO guidelines instead.

Apparently people looking at their phones crossing streets with green lights and the right of way walk a little more slowly. Is this a problem?

A new study measured the mental health of Philadelphia residents before and after blighted lots had been converted into green spaces.

How many crushings or deaths will it take for a school to realize that large moving vehicles and small kids on foot are not meant to mingle in the same confined space?

We have often complained that making streets faster for fire trucks makes them deadlier for pedestrians.

The USDA Forest Service reveals that cities and communities are losing 175,000 acres of tree cover annually, while pavement, roads, and buildings are increasing.

Could you walk across a sidewalk hopscotch court and resist the urge to hop?

How can cities that have green building codes have zoning bylaws that protect low density single family housing?