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“Mythbusters” Finds Roundabouts More Efficient for Motorists
Everyone has an opinion about roundabouts. Studies show they're safer and more environmentally friendly. But they tend to inspire a lot of kvetching because a lot of Americans don't know how they work.
October 10, 2013
Is a Bolivian City Considering a Law Requiring Residents to Bike?
While some legislators in the United States want to keep cyclists off the roads, a city in Bolivia is taking the opposite tack. Cochabamba, population 700,000, is actually considering a law requiring that residents make use of bicycles to help preserve the environment and improve public health, according to reports.
October 9, 2013
Chicago Business Owner: No Protected Bike Lanes Is a Dealbreaker
As our Chicago readers are well aware, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made bike infrastructure a key part of his economic strategy. Since Emanuel took office, Chicago has been adding protected bike lanes perhaps faster than any city in the United States. The famously sharp-tongued Emanuel has even pledged to attract businesses from other cities, notably Seattle, with top-quality bike infra.
October 8, 2013
Pittsburgh’s Controversial Plan to Make Downtown “Bus Free”
Transit riders in the city of Pittsburgh were alarmed last week when the Post-Gazette reported a plan to make the city's downtown "bus free."
October 7, 2013
Located Next to the Train, Survey Monkey HQ Minimizes Car Commuting
While Apple gets ready to break ground on its suburban spaceship campus, Palo Alto-based Survey Monkey is showing there's a better way to locate. Adina Levin at Network blog Peninsula Transportation Alternatives says that less than a third of Survey Monkey employees drive to work -- thanks, quite simply, to a transit-friendly site:
October 4, 2013
A New Kind of Grocer Wants a Walkable, Bikeable Location
Lisa Sedlar, a veteran of big grocery stores like Whole Foods and Portland's New Seasons, is the owner of Green Zebra Grocery in Portland, Oregon -- a smaller store she thinks is better scaled to meet shifting demands.
October 3, 2013
Florida Finally Bans Texting and Driving, Sort of
No one's going to accuse Florida of being a safe streets pioneer. But yesterday, the Sunshine State took a "baby step" forward, as one advocate put it, becoming 42nd state to pass a law making texting and driving illegal.
October 2, 2013
Repurposing Streets for All Users in Portland — Maine
All summer, the city of Portland, Maine, has been chipping away at the space it devotes to asphalt. With a reduced lane here, a curb extension there, an added landscaped median, the city is creating a safer, more inviting environment for pedestrians, reports C. Neal at Network blog Rights of Way.
October 1, 2013
Bakersfield Residents Vow to Fight Retrograde Highway Plan
Many American cities, at this point, are waking up with a sort of hangover from the "Interstate Era" that demolished urban neighborhoods to build life-sapping highways. Heck, some really proactive cities are demolishing their underused, elevated, antiquated urban freeways.
September 30, 2013
On Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge, 20 Percent of Traffic Is Bikes
Ever encountered a transportation agency that says it's not worth the money to install bike access on an urban bridge, because bikes aren't "real transportation?" Point them to the case of Portland's Hawthorne Bridge.
September 27, 2013