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Memo to Buttigieg: Fix Our National Traffic Control Standards
The feds will finally revise the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets standards for signs, markings and signals that help road users — and, eventually, autonomous vehicles — safely move through our communities.
February 5, 2021
Thoughts on Uptown and Edgewater Red Line station designs
In general the stops will have a sleek, minimalist appearance and a red-and-white color scheme, and eliminating the need for supporting pillars in the viaducts will create an airier feel.
February 4, 2021
The Hubbard bikeway backlash reflects the problems with how Chicago installs bike lanes
Hubbard Street bike lane pushback is the same old saga: Drivers get upset about the potential loss of parking spots while cyclists have to keep worrying about their personal safety.
February 1, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Magic (Electric) Bus
Electrifying a bus fleet is not as simple as buying electric buses and simply plugging them in!
January 28, 2021
Can An Automaker Help Your City Design a Better Intersection?
A potentially groundbreaking new tool could help give US planners key insights into the most dangerous segments of their road network — and how to fix them — with the click of a single button. The only problem? An automaker made it.
January 26, 2021
Memo to Buttigieg: USDOT Needs an Active Transportation Administration
Giving people who walk and roll a voice in Washington is a crucial tool in the fight to change the federal structures that underlie our car-only transportation landscape.
January 20, 2021
NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike
The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year — with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.
January 19, 2021
Four Unanswered Questions about Biden’s Transportation Relief Plan
Transit advocates are applauding President-elect Biden's COVID-19 relief plan, but wonder whether it will be enough to save the green modes that millions of Americans rely on.
January 18, 2021
State Senator Pushing ‘Idaho Stop’ Legalization Bill
An upstate State Senator has introduced a bill that would allow cyclists to slow-roll through stop signs and go through red lights after a quick full stop.
January 11, 2021
Georgia Senate Wins Put Major Transportation Reform Within Reach
Democrats reclaiming majority control of the Senate creates a path to a green infrastructure bill that has eluded sustainable transportation advocates for decades.
January 6, 2021
