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Cyclist Injuries Declined More in Cities With Bike-Share Than Without It
Last week, some very exciting new research was released, showing a significant drop in cyclist injuries in cities that launched bike-share systems. Unfortunately, the authors and many media organizations, like the Washington Post, overlooked that remarkable finding, and instead focused on one statistic that fails to tell the overall story: the proportion of cyclist injuries that are head injuries.
June 16, 2014
The Whole City of Florence Could Fit Inside an Atlanta Interchange
It's incredible how much we've given up in the United States all so we can travel slightly faster by car. The above graphic, revived by Lloyd Alter at Network blog Treehugger this week from an old blog post by author Steve Mouzon, really makes you stop and think.
June 13, 2014
In the Twin Cities, Population Still Clustered Where the Streetcar Went
It's been six decades since the Twin Cities' streetcar era. But as demonstrated by the above map, making the rounds on Twitter, population density in Minneapolis and St. Paul still reflects the region's historic streetcar routes.
June 12, 2014
Is Raising the Gas Tax Political Suicide? Not in States That’ve Done It
In just a matter of weeks, the Highway Trust Fund -- the source of the vast majority of federal funding for transportation -- will be broke, in the red, kaput. And national leaders are still squabbling about how to fix that. One proposal was to patch the budget gap by ending Saturday postal delivery and transferring the savings to infrastructure.
June 11, 2014
How Car Sharing Gradually Weans Users Off Driving
A number of studies have attempted to put a figure on the reduction in vehicles that results from car sharing services. Research from UC Berkeley's Susan Shaheen goes a step further and quantifies how car sharing reduces driving. Even though most customers didn't own their own cars before subscribing, Shaheen found that the overall impact of car sharing is to lower all customers' vehicle mileage by about a quarter.
June 10, 2014
Too Much Parking — Not a Shortage — Is Downtown Hartford’s Problem
There's excitement brewing over a couple of big changes coming to downtown Hartford, Connecticut, that could bring back some of the vitality that's been lost over the years. The area is preparing for a new campus of the University of Connecticut as well as a minor-league baseball stadium.
June 9, 2014
Columbus Prepares for a Dramatic Transit Makeover
Columbus, Ohio, population 820,000, is technically America's 15th largest city. But its transit system has never lived up to its big-city aspirations. The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) carries just 64,000 riders daily. By comparison, Cleveland's Red Line, a single rail route, carries 26,000 people a day.
June 6, 2014
How You Can Tell Your City Doesn’t Care About Pedestrians
If you live in a town that doesn't consider pedestrian safety a very high priority, the signs are probably pretty obvious if you spend any time walking.
June 5, 2014
How to Get a Pedestrian Plaza in Your Neighborhood — Lessons From Philly
After nine years of planning, strategizing and outreach, community activists in Philadelphia have a new pedestrian plaza in Center City. The Triangle at 23rd, South, and Grays Ferry Avenue looks pretty awesome, doesn't it?
June 4, 2014
DC’s Bold New Transportation Plan Envisions a City of Multi-Modal Streets
A massive expansion of bike and transit infrastructure. Congestion pricing to keep traffic jams in check. A new transportation proposal from the District Department of Transportation, moveDC, would transform the way people get around America's capital.
June 3, 2014