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Perhaps no other city in the country has the reputation for sprawl that Phoenix does, and it is well deserved. This is a city built around the car -- until 2008, sprawling suburban housing in Maricopa County was the driving force of the regional economy.

Yesterday, an Ohio newspaper reported that the state's urban schoolchildren are 3.3 times more likely to be hit by a car on their way to school than students in suburban districts. More than one out of every 500 children in the state's eight largest urban districts had been hit by a car in the last five years.

The Federal Railroad Administration's burdensome safety regulations have long been criticized for putting rail transportation in America at a competitive disadvantage. But a new study says it's worse than that even: FRA's over-the-top safety standards actually make us less safe.

Last month, the city of Boston released a bike safety report, and it was something of a disaster.

Ari Maron had no friends.

The trend of parking-free residential development continues in cities around North America: first there was Portland, then Toronto. The latest city that seems to be catching on to the craze is none other than Miami.

Skywalks, pedestrian overpasses, or, as our friends at Transit Miami like to call them, "hamster tunnels," are an ugly symbol of the last century's transportation sensibilities. In an effort to comfortably integrate pedestrians into the street fabric and boost sidewalk activity, some cities, including Cincinnati and Baltimore, have been tearing down their pedestrian bridges.

This story falls into the unusual but persistent overlap between pedestrian advocacy and vandalism. In Vallejo, California, last week, one man saw the need for a crosswalk at a dangerous intersection, and decided it was his job to make it happen.

5:20 p.m.: This article has been corrected to reflect corrections in the original article.