One street a week, and whether it worked.

Who it's for

Planners, designers, engineers, advocates, councillors, and anyone who has stood on a busy road and wondered whether it could be different. We write for the people who make transformations happen, so we include the parts other coverage skips: budgets, timelines, who did the work, and what went wrong.

How we pick a story

• Finished in the last three years, or with new results.
• A clear before and after.
• At least one measured result or a public budget. A story with no results goes in the short items instead.
• A spread of countries, sizes and types: streets, squares, school streets, superblocks, riverfronts, car parks turned into parks.

How we check facts

Every number, date and claim links to the page it came from, ideally an official one: city reports, peer-reviewed studies, transport authority data. We label estimates and vendor claims as such. If two sources disagree, we say so or leave the figure out. If cost or results aren't public, we say that plainly instead of guessing.

Photos and drawings

We use licensed photos and credit the city, design firm and photographer every time. We never use Street View screenshots. Our cross-sections are our own drawings, based on published plans and labelled as illustrative. Any render of an unbuilt idea carries a yellow Concept, not built tag.

Corrections

Spotted a mistake? Reply to any issue, or send us a note through the story form. We correct the web version and add a dated note saying what changed.