Why Looking at Crash Stats Alone Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story About Pedestrian Safety
Some intersections are riskier to cross than others, but looking at the number of pedestrian injuries alone doesn’t tell the whole story. A new study from Minneapolis combines crash data with pedestrian counts to deliver a more nuanced picture of traffic dangers for people on foot. Among the findings: There’s safety in numbers for pedestrians.
June 20, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Road Raging Driver Murders Teen With Baseball Bat in Northern Virginia (BuzzFeed, WaPo) Lyft’s Newest Service Looks a Lot Like Transit — And That’s a Problem for Transit (Salon) Subprime Auto Loans Haunt Poor People Long After Their Car Has Been Repossessed (NYT) Some Fingers Point to Ride-Hailing as Sacramento Transit Ridership Falls (Bee) How to … Continued
June 20, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Man Drives Motor Vehicle Onto Sidewalk, One Dead in Latest London Terrorist Attack (BBC) American Drivers Killed at Least Three Pedestrians on Sidewalks Last Week (NJ.com, ABC 15 1, 2) Baltimore’s Revamped Bus Network Launched This Weekend (Sun 1, 2) Charm City Finally Seemed to Be Moving In the Right Direction Until Mayor Pugh Caved to Bikelash (Sun) NACTO’s Kate Fillin-Yeh: Cities Need to Think … Continued
June 19, 2017
Virginia DOT Hopes People Will Enjoy Bicycling Next to a Noisy, Exhaust-Choked Freeway
When a bike path is added to a highway expansion project, it risks being an afterthought, resulting in a low-quality, high-stress route. Like this one, now in the works in Northern Virginia.
June 16, 2017
Today’s Headlines
NY Times Looks at Disastrous Infrastructure Privatization Schemes Around the World Senators From Both Parties Are Eager to Embrace Our Driverless Car Future (Hill) Meanwhile, in Helsinki: Driverless Buses Will Go Into Scheduled Service This Year (Curbed) Long Live Cheap American Gasoline (WaPo) Philly Council President Calls for Vision Zero Implementation Plan, Which Already Exists (PlanPhilly) Baltimore Bike … Continued
June 16, 2017
Parking Reform Has Big Implications for Sustainable Transit — and for Ride-Hailing, Too
Cities have traditionally eliminated parking requirements to encourage walking, bicycling, and transit. But it can also aid the rise of on-demand car services, two top parking policy experts say.
June 15, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Neighbors Pack Meeting Against Tampa Bay Highway Expansion, But MPO Signs Off Anyways (TB Times, WMNF) Meanwhile: Towns East of Orlando Worry About Highway Extension Decimating Their Communities (Sentinel) Dallas Puts Fresh City-Focused Faces on DART Board, Replacing Suburban Rail Backers (Dallas News, D Magazine) Policy Win: Mesa, AZ, Funds Light Rail Expansion by Using Funds Dedicated to … Continued
June 15, 2017
Media Draw Attention to Deadly Suburban Speedways in North and South Carolina
Newspapers in Greenville and Fayetteville examined hazardous conditions for local pedestrians -- and they did it without using the "J" word.
June 14, 2017
Judge Issues Restraining Order to Keep Baltimore Mayor From Erasing Protected Bike Lane
Pandering to NIMBYs, Catherine Pugh wants to rip out a protected bike lane that has been in the works for years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and build.
June 13, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Remember “Infrastructure Week”? Trump Still Hasn’t Hired People for Key Posts at U.S. DOT (Vox) A Funding Cut Is A Funding Cut, No Matter How Trump Tries to Spin It, Says Colorado DOT (KUNC) Miami-Dade Begins Rolling Out Bus Lanes and Its First Protected Bike Lane (Herald, NBC 6) Confusion! Albuquerque Drivers Are Parking in Their City’s First … Continued
June 13, 2017