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Research Bolsters Case for Cycle Tracks While AASHTO Updates Guide
For decades, dueling camps of cycling advocates have feuded about how to best accommodate riders. Some have pushed for the construction of Dutch-style cycle tracks, arguing that separated lanes make bicycling safer and less intimidating, while others have insisted such infrastructure isolates riders and makes cycling more dangerous than simply remaining within the flow of traffic.
April 27, 2011
Under Pressure, AASHTO Withdraws Objection to Stronger Bike-Ped Rules
The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is withdrawing its opposition to an important federal policy change that puts cyclists and pedestrians on a more equal footing with motorists.
April 26, 2011
AASHTO: New Rule Makes It Too Hard to Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians
For years, state DOTs have exploited a loophole of federal government policy that allowed them to build massive, publicly funded projects without accommodating non-motorized users as long as they could show that "due consideration" had been given to bicyclists and pedestrians.
April 13, 2011
NACTO: Feds Already Greenlighting Bikeway Design Innovations
The National Association of City Transportation Officials' Urban Bikeway Design Guide was 20 years in the making, and already it's having an impact, says the organization's Mia Birk.
March 11, 2011
AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day
If the House, Senate, and President Obama don’t agree on a course of action by the end of this week, the U.S. will be left with no federal budget, and the government will shut down. Transit agencies and construction interests don't seem alarmed, but the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates that a government shutdown would stop $100 million in transportation dollars a day from flowing into the national economy.
February 28, 2011
When Will AASHTO Revise Its Policy Against Separated Bike Lanes?
Researchers at Harvard have delved into the relative safety of separated bike lanes versus riding on the road. In case you had any doubts, cycle tracks are safer.
February 11, 2011
AASHTO Suggests Some Tools for Getting Out of the Transpo Funding Mess
The Problem: Highway Trust Fund revenues only cover about 44 percent of the transportation system’s needs.
February 7, 2011
State DOTs’ Prescription for American Cities: More Highways
The
umbrella group for America's state DOTs, the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials, has started a major new
push for, you guessed it, more highways. The new campaign argues for
highway expansion in urban areas as if fifty years of similar policies
hadn't led to a dead end of sprawl, pollution, and oil dependence.
May 18, 2010
Road and Transit Groups Join Boxer to Push for Senate Jobs Bill
Representatives from Washington's road and transit lobbies joined
Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today to
call for swift passage of job-creation legislation that is slated for a
vote in the upper chamber of Congress on Monday.
February 17, 2010
AASHTO Stimulus Report Omits Jobs Data Comparing Transit With Roads
The
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(AASHTO), the trade group representing state DOTs in Washington,
yesterday unveiled a website
and report billed as a one-year "progress report" on the White House's
$34.3 billion in formula-based transportation stimulus spending.
February 11, 2010