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Portland Suburb: To Fight Climate Change, Expand Highways!
Clackamas County, outside of Portland, has some opinions about the region's plan to address climate change. According to Michael Andersen at Bike Portland, county commissioners have drafted a letter to regional planners saying the right way to control carbon emissions is to build more highways.
October 31, 2014
Ohio DOT Hosts Transit Meeting That No One Can Reach Via Transit
Ohio DOT is one of those old-school transportation agencies that’s still just a highway department. The director is a former asphalt industry lobbyist. The state — despite being fairly densely populated and urban (about 1 million people don’t have cars) — spent only $7.3 million supporting transit in 2013, far less than it devotes to mowing highway medians.
October 30, 2014
The Airtight Case for Road Diets
Bill Lindeke at Streets.mn calls them "death roads." Four-lane roads in urban areas can indeed be perilous.
October 29, 2014
Why a Street Designed for Transit Is Also Great for People
When cities devote street space exclusively to buses or trains, they usually encounter some stiff resistance to change. Dan Reed at Greater Greater Washington has been giving the topic some thought, because many of the DC region’s upcoming transit projects will require reallocating some lanes from cars to transit.
October 28, 2014
Is the U.S. Ready for Seniors Who Want to Stop Driving?
A recent New York Times article urged baby boomers preparing for retirement to consider their future transportation needs. The average American woman is living 10 years beyond the point when she is physically able to drive, and the average man is living seven years longer, the Times reported.
October 27, 2014
After 40 Years, Will Atlanta’s MARTA See a Major Suburban Expansion?
Back in the '70s, Clayton County didn't want to be part of MARTA, Atlanta's regional transit service. It was one of the suburban counties that "opted out." In fact, all of Atlanta's metro counties opted out except DeKalb and Fulton -- the two that share the city of Atlanta proper.
October 24, 2014
Fact Checking the Florida Department of Transportation
Quadrille Boulevard in West Palm Beach is what Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns would call a "stroad." It's a poorly designed, high-speed chute for cars that is completely hostile to its urban surroundings.
October 23, 2014
Tucson Region Poised to Slash Bike/Ped Funding
Disappointing news from America's hottest, driest bike city: Regional planners in Tucson are poised to take an axe to an important pot of money for bike and pedestrian improvements, even while they maintain spending on much more expensive road widenings.
October 22, 2014
The Surprisingly Rare Sanctuary From Urban Freeway Noise
Bill Lindeke at Network blog Twin City Sidewalks says he grew up in a rather bucolic setting. Even so, he wasn’t able to escape the constant whir of speeding cars. The old farmhouse on a half-acre lot where he grew up is just three-quarters of a mile from Interstate 35E. And in that way, he was like almost everyone else in the Twin Cities, he points out:
October 21, 2014
New Jersey’s Response to Suicide Attempt: Close Bridge to Pedestrians
Today's featured post from the Streetsblog Network is a case study in overreaction and unintended consequences.
October 20, 2014