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Big Breakthrough for Active Transportation Within Reach for Missouri
In the movement to create a multi-modal transportation system, states tend to be the toughest nut to crack. More aligned with rural interests, many state leaders seem to get a perverse thrill out of scuttling their major cities' transit plans.
May 15, 2013
Cyclists Are Special, and They Should Have Their Own Rules
There's a line of reasoning advanced by the media, angry motorists and, sometimes, cyclists, that goes something like: Since some cyclists don't follow the rules, cyclists don't deserve respect.
May 14, 2013
The Wisconsin GOP’s Special Flair for Anti-Urban State Politics
We reported last week that Republican state legislators in Wisconsin were doing their damnedest to kill the Milwaukee streetcar -- though a civil rights ruling from the 1990s specifically bars them from doing so.
May 13, 2013
Maryland Cops Show How Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Should Be Done
So many times, "pedestrian stings" by law enforcement agencies end up just handing out a lot of tickets for jaywalking.
May 10, 2013
Has Scott Walker Finally Found a Way to Kill the Milwaukee Streetcar?
Building a streetcar in a Midwestern city without rail transit is political bloodsport. As Cincinnati can testify, something about the threat of adding rail transit to a city that doesn't have it really agitates some elements of the Midwestern right wing establishment.
May 9, 2013
The Debate About Bike Infrastructure Has Been Settled
For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass. Network blogger Elly Blue at Taking the Lane says the debate has been settled.
May 8, 2013
Do American Transportation Projects Suffer From a Democracy Deficit?
Alon Levy at Pedestrian Observations ran a thought-provoking post today about the level of democratic involvement that goes into major American transportation projects.
May 7, 2013
Boston to NYC: Bike-Share Will Be Worth It
As New York readers know, bike-share stations are hitting the streets after the program encountered a few snags last year. When members start taking the first rides on Citi Bike later this month, it will be the nation's largest bike-share system, launching with 6,000 bikes.
May 6, 2013
The Incompatibility of Resilience and Sprawl
Leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area recently came together to discuss the idea of resilience -- whether the region can withstand big shifts like climate change and oil price shocks, and bounce back from unanticipated setbacks.
May 3, 2013
The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and Why It Barely Registers
In 2010, 4,280 pedestrians were killed in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and another 70,000 were injured. That's one death every two hours.
May 2, 2013