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Asheville Won’t Let North Carolina DOT Jam a Road Widening Through City Neighborhoods
NCDOT's plan offers nothing for pedestrians and cyclists, say city officials. And that's not good enough.
February 2, 2018
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Needs Safer Access, Not More Flash
Light Street in Baltimore acts like a highway separating the Inner Harbor from the rest of the city. It needs a road diet.
July 26, 2017
Grassy Storm Drainage Can Be a Transportation Twofer, New Guide Shows
If your city's transportation department and its stormwater management department were to team up to put storm drainage in just the right places, it could be a very cost-efficient way to manage runoff while creating permanent, attractive separation between bike and car traffic.
May 16, 2017
Retired Fire Chief: Make American Firetrucks Fit City Streets, Not Vice Versa
It's a sad irony that fire departments, while essential to public safety, are often a major obstacle to safer streets in American cities.
March 22, 2016
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
NACTO to Take Safer Street Designs to Developing World Cities
Last year, the National Association of City Transportation Officials brought us the Urban Street Design Guide, and now it’s going global.
October 27, 2014
Foxx: New U.S. DOT Bike/Ped Initiative “Critical to Future of the Country”
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx just announced to the Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Pro-Place conference in Pittsburgh that the department is “putting together the most comprehensive, forward-leaning initiative U.S. DOT has ever put forward on bike/ped issues.” He said the initiative “is critical to the future of the country.”
September 10, 2014
NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Sets Out to Change the DNA of Our Cities
In a direct challenge to the long-standing authority of state DOTs to determine how transportation infrastructure gets designed, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) yesterday launched its Urban Street Design Guide.
September 24, 2013
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities for the Better
If it can work on Edgewater Drive in Orlando, it can work anywhere.
January 23, 2013