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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
Talking Headways Podcast: The 15 Minute Church
We chat with Travis Norvell, minister at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis and author of “Church on the Move,” about the future of church parking lots and how cars have changed communities.
April 28, 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
Andar en bicicleta en el suroeste con Southwest Collective
The Collective se enfoca en los vecindarios de Archer Heights, Ashburn, Back of the Yards, Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, Scottsdale, The Lawns y West Elsdon.
April 20, 2022
Chicago seeks input for Better Streets for Buses plan: “The people who ride buses matter”
But will the initiative get shelved like Ashland BRT, or watered down like Loop Link due to pushback from drivers and merchants, plus bureaucratic inertia?
April 19, 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
Talking Headways Podcast: Repairing America’s Broken Housing System
This week, Jenny Schuetz, author of the new book “Fixer Upper,” talks about making housing decisions at the wrong scale, where housing reform would make the most sense, and how to better organize regional housing.
April 15, 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
