Halloween: A Lot Less Scary If Drivers and Roads Were Safer
Halloween is fun because we get to be afraid of things that we know aren't really scary. But for little trick or treaters in the United States, the danger posed by reckless drivers and unsafe roads is real.
October 31, 2014
Sources: Alta Buyout a Done Deal; Citi Bike Fleet to Double
The buyout of Alta Bicycle Share rumored since July is finally a done deal. REQX Ventures, an affiliate of the Related Companies and its Equinox unit, and Alta Bicycle Share, the company that operates Citi Bike, have agreed to terms on the purchase, according to published accounts and sources familiar with the negotiations.
October 27, 2014
When Highways Are Barriers to Opportunity
Looking at a map of commute times, Patrick Kennedy at Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth finds that people who live in census tracts with some of that region's lowest household incomes spend the most time traveling to and from work. Many commutes are more than an hour each way.
September 17, 2014
How to Improve 3-Foot Passing Laws
After a couple of vetoes by Governor Jerry Brown, California finally has a 3-foot passing law.
September 16, 2014
With Permit Parking, John Cranley Could Help Cincinnati Despite Himself
Chalk this one up as a worthwhile proposal offered in bad faith.
September 15, 2014
Lagos Bus Rapid Transit Handles 25 Percent of All Commutes
Six years after Lagos, Nigeria, launched the first Bus Rapid Transit program in all of Africa, the system handles a whopping 25 percent of all commutes and plays a key role in the city's ongoing effort to reduce stifling vehicle congestion.
September 11, 2014
Two Visions for a Closed DC Freeway, But Only One Shows Any Vision
David Alpert at Greater Greater Washington reports that city traffic engineers and city planners have very different ideas on what to do with a closed freeway segment in southeast DC.
September 10, 2014
It’s OK to Build Transit-Oriented Development Before Transit
Which should come first: transit or transit-oriented development?
September 9, 2014
A (Quiet) Bike Renaissance in Rockville, Maryland
The DC suburb of Rockville, Maryland, is quietly becoming a bike-friendly city.
March 21, 2014
Who Pays for “Free” Park-and-Ride Parking?
Park-and-ride lots, writes Matt Steele at Streets.mn, are the "darling infrastructure of the transit planning profession." In exchange for providing a parking spot at no charge to suburban commuters, says Steele, transit systems can increase ridership.
March 19, 2014