ROAD DIET
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
The asphalt-industrial complex—otherwise known as Big Asphalt—took control of our cities and towns. Here's how we can take it back.
Road diet bridges a barrier, boosts safety
A breakthrough design on La Jolla Boulevard in San Diego cuts crashes by 90 percent and gives local business a shot in the arm.
Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Bigger is not better for main street
Roundabouts and reductions in lane widths helped to restore civic life along a US highway in a western New York village.
Context-based redesign solves street problems
A pedestrian fatality spurred a transformation of a thoroughfare in Raleigh, linking a college campus to neighborhoods.
Redesigned street leads to better suburb
South Miami, Florida, has completely transformed since 2000—largely following the context-sensitive transformation of its main street.
Quick Build: Tactical Urbanism on steroids
For about a quarter of typical road diet costs, semi-permanent street transformations have been successfully demonstrated in two cities.
Road diet creates people-oriented corridor for suburb
The city of Oak Park has the density—it needs placemaking, and that is why an automobile-oriented corridor is being transformed with a linear greenway and complete street.