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It’s Not the Economy, Stupid: Americans Really Are Driving Less
Economist Joe Cortright compared growth in miles driven per capita before and after five recessions. He found that, unlike in the past, drivers are logging fewer miles, not more, during this economic...
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New Black Box Rule Isn’t Enough to Hold Drivers Accountable For Ped Crashes
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a new rule requiring automakers to install event data recorders, known as EDRs or black boxes, in all light passenger...
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The Livable Streets Leader You’ve Never Heard Of: Leicester, England
In Leicester, England, the city redesigned an intersection and DeMontfort University built a more pedestrian-friendly building, improving access to a Medieval fortress structure and bringing pedestrian...
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Freight Panel Chair Says House Will “Balance Out” Transportation Modes
This article was adapted from an earlier report on Streetsblog NYC. A Congressional road show on freight arrived in New York last Friday afternoon, bringing together air, trucking, and rail industry...
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Meet Streetmix, the Website Where You Can Design Your Own Street
Streetmix lets users mix and match design elements to create the street of their dreams. Image: Streetmix Last fall, Lou Huang was at a community meeting for the initiative to redesign Second Street in...
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Will the Feds Step Up for Ped Safety and Close the Crossover Mirror Loophole?
Albany's law requiring crossover mirrors for large trucks on NYC surface streets doesn't apply to out-of-state trucks. Will the federal government make this safety feature a nationwide requirement?...
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After the Addition of Bike Lanes and Plazas, Manhattan Traffic Moves Faster
Car traffic into Manhattan has basically stayed flat since the recession, while transit ridership has started to rebound. Image: DOT After several blocks in the heart of Times Square were...
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EPA Rejects New York’s Clean Water Money Grab for Highway Bridge
This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the $510.9 million federal loan New York state had requested from a clean water program to pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project....
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Peak Sprawl? The Fringes of the New York Region Are Shrinking
While the urban core shrank and the fringes grew between 1950 and 1980, the inverse has been true since 2010, with urban counties growing fastest, and counties on the edge of the region losing...
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Life-Saving Truck Design Fix Sidelined By Federal Inaction
This is the second post in a Streetsblog NYC series about safety features for large vehicles. Part one examined the case for truck side guards and New York City’s attempt to require them for its fleet....
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Here’s a First: Hartford’s Downtown Now Offers Free Roadside Assistance for...
Bicyclists in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, have a new option if they need repairs on the go — the area’s business improvement district has launched a first-of-its-kind roadside assistance program....
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In Sprawling Areas, Can the Bus Become Anything Other Than a Lifeline for the...
As one of the nation’s newest transit systems is celebrates its first anniversary, it highlights a tension faced by bus providers throughout auto-oriented parts of United States: can something that’s...
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Judge Issues Restraining Order to Keep Baltimore Mayor From Erasing Protected...
Barely six months after taking office, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has, in a matter of weeks, made a name for herself as the mayor who rips out protected bike lanes. The Pugh administration had been...
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Media Draw Attention to Deadly Suburban Speedways in North and South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, are two rapidly-growing Southern cities where people who can’t afford cars are often forced to cross dangerous, high-speed roadways to get...
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Parking Reform Has Big Implications for Sustainable Transit — and for...
While tangible, on-street changes like bike lanes, busways and plazas attract lots of attention, parking policy is arguably the unsung hero of urban transportation reform. Removing off-street parking...
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Virginia DOT Hopes People Will Enjoy Bicycling Next to a Noisy,...
When a bike path is added to a highway expansion project, it risks being an afterthought, resulting in a low-quality, high-stress route. Riders, inundated with noise and pollution from cars, end up not...
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Why Looking at Crash Stats Alone Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story About...
Some intersections are riskier to cross than others, but looking at the number of pedestrian injuries alone doesn’t tell the whole story. A new study from Minneapolis combines crash data with...
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Transportation Vision: Add a Million People While...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s transport strategy for the next 25 years lays out a vision for how his city, expected to add 1.5 million people by 2041 on top of its current 9 million residents, is planning...
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Downtown Austin’s Parking Crunch Can Be Solved Without Adding Tons of Parking
Cities and towns are constantly fretting about downtown parking. But what they often perceive as a “parking shortage” isn’t caused by a lack of parking — it’s the result of poor management of the...
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Oregon’s Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fees: Ready for Prime Time, But Waiting for...
Oregon has led the way in developing an alternative to the gas tax, with a program that levies a fee on vehicle miles traveled. While the Oregon Department of Transportation has spent years developing...
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