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Australia

The Forgotten Other Good Reason for Repealing Seattle’s Bike-Helmet Law

Helmet laws discourage cycling, which undermines public health.

Peter Jacobsen

February 25, 2022

The Forgotten <i>Other</i> Good Reason for Repealing Seattle’s Bike-Helmet Law

Bike/Ped

Seattle Strongly Supports Street Safety: Poll

Pedestrian streets, protected bike lanes, and bus lanes are popular.

Natalie Bicknell Argerious

November 22, 2021

Coronavirus

Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic

This week we’re at the 2021 Virtual Railvolution conference. Adelee Le Grand, CEO of Tampa's transit system, moderates a panel featuring Debra Johnson of RTD in Denver, and Peter Rogoff of Sound Transit in Seattle. Johnson and Rogoff discuss progress in their regions and the effects of the pandemic.

Jeff Wood

November 18, 2021

Bikeshare

Talking Headways Podcast: Seattle’s Experience with Bike Share

This week, we're talking about how Seattle DOT transitioned from docked to dockless bike share, the impact of ride hailing on micromobility adoption, and the future of his industry.

Jeff Wood

November 5, 2020

Coronavirus

Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?

A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.

Kea Wilson

October 26, 2020

Baltimore

Study: Transit Is Failing Non-White Night Shift Workers

Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.

Kea Wilson

October 9, 2020

Buried Highways

Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer

It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.

Kea Wilson

March 4, 2020

Congestion

Hello, 2020, What Do You Have in Store?

This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.