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How do you solve a problem like Sheridan Road?
If we're going to convert lanes on Sheridan to make room for sustainable transportation, bus lanes are the most pressing need.
June 17, 2021
How green, walkable, bikeable, play-friendly streets promote good mental health
Urban design that makes space for residents to safely and easily interact with the outdoors and each other plays a major role in both physical and psychological well-being.
June 16, 2021
CDOT: Divvy’s e-bikes are going back to a 20 MPH speed cap
Ever since Divvy bike-share's pedal-assist electric bikes debuted in summer 2020, there's been all kinds of confusion about how fast they go.
June 11, 2021
Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?
A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.
June 10, 2021
The Sustainable Transport Advocate’s Cheat Sheet to Infrastructure Year
Washington is in the thick of negotiating two major infrastructure bills — and a constellation of smaller ones — that could reshape American transportation for decades.
June 7, 2021
STUDY: AV Taxis Would Speed Up Climate Change
Autonomous vehicles may make our skies dirtier, even if they’re shared and electric, a new study finds.
June 3, 2021
These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go
A leading advocacy group is calling for the removal of 15 urban highways built on land from which millions of Black, Latinx and indigenous residents were forcibly displaced.
June 2, 2021
Drivers killed 2 people walking in the Loop and Avalon Park Memorial Day Weekend
Motorists struck and killed a 55-year-old woman on Friday evening in the Loop, as well as a 72-year-old man on Saturday afternoon in Avalon Park.
June 1, 2021
TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas
Even before COVID-19 drove restaurants across America out of doors, it wasn’t too difficult to arrange an easy-peasy treatment that would turn an unneeded roadway into a perfectly serviceable pedestrian plaza.
June 1, 2021
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report
The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety programs, making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
May 26, 2021
