Dusk and Dawn Are Deadly for Walkers — But Traffic Pros Don’t Know the Full Extent of It
Police wildly undercount the number of crashes that occur at dusk and dawn, a new study finds.
May 11, 2022
STEAL THIS IDEA: Canadian City Passes Next-Gen Parking Reform
A small Canadian city just passed a package of progressive bike and car parking reforms rarely seen in a single North American community.
May 10, 2022
Study: Distracting Roadside Safety Billboards May Cause 17K Crashes A Year
Road signs that implore highway motorists to drive carefully by reminding them of roadway death totals may actually be causing crashes because they’re too distracting, a new study finds.
May 3, 2022
Why ‘Walkability’ Scores Don’t Tell Us How Pedestrian-Friendly a City Is For Everyone
Standard walkability metrics aren’t factoring in all the reasons why residents can’t or won’t travel by foot, a new analysis suggests.
April 30, 2022
THE BRAKE: Should Cities Train Their Own Transportation Advocates?
What if cities offered a crash course that got both groups speaking the same language — and in the process, transformed ordinary citizens into effective and well-informed transportation advocates?
April 26, 2022
And America’s Best Bus Stop Is …
After a nail-biting battle between two fantastic New England nominees, Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus Stops contest for 2022.
April 18, 2022
Study: Today’s EV Tax Credits Might Actually Increase Emissions
America’s approach to incentivizing electric vehicle adoption may actually increase emissions in the long run, a new study finds.
April 13, 2022
Can ‘Buses-As-Flights’ Get Americans Out of Cars — And Planes?
U.S. airlines are beginning to contract with bus companies to run on-the-ground “flights” between nearby cities.
April 12, 2022
America’s Best Bus Stops Championship: Boston vs. Portland, Maine
Our final America’s Best Bus Stop battle is a bit of a David and Goliath story … though our readers might disagree about which stop is really the underdog.
April 8, 2022
How to Paint Your Own Crosswalk In Your Neighborhood (Hypothetically)
It’s worth noting the wealth of resources available to would-be tactical urbanists…purely for entertainment purposes, of course.
April 6, 2022
