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The Problem With “Multi-Modal Level of Service”
Streetsblog reported earlier this month that transportation agencies are increasingly aware of the insidious consequences of using "Level of Service" as the primary metric for their projects. Because Level of Service only rewards the movement of motor vehicles, it promotes dangerous, high-speed streets and sprawling land use.
October 23, 2013
MIT Study: Vehicle Emissions Cause 58,000 Premature Deaths Yearly in U.S.
Just when you thought it was safe to breathe, a pair of studies underscore the grave threat that air pollution poses to public health.
October 23, 2013
Distracted Driving Is Claiming the Lives of More Pedestrians and Cyclists
Total traffic deaths have declined nationwide in recent years, but the same has not held true for the most vulnerable people on the streets: cyclists and pedestrians. In 2011, 130 more pedestrians were killed in traffic than the year before, a 3 percent increase, while 54 more people lost their lives while biking, an increase of 8 percent. The same year, overall traffic deaths declined 2 percent.
October 23, 2013
More From The Netherlands: Bike From Assen to Groningen
If you haven't seen the latest Streetfilm, Groningen: The World's Cycling City, you should check it out. Like, now! It has broken every single Streetfilms viewing record -- nearly 40,000 plays in just the first week.
October 22, 2013
DC’s New Parents Aren’t Fleeing to the Burbs
Reading this sentence in a mainstream publication just validated everything I feel about the kind of parent I want to be: "It doesn’t mean millennials put parenthood second, but their definition of what makes a good parent is Mom and Dad being happy, and exposing their child to all the things that they have enjoyed."
October 22, 2013
Green Lane Project Looking for Six New Cities With Big Bike Ambitions
Is your city trying to take its bike infrastructure to the next level? If so, the Green Lane Project wants to help.
October 21, 2013
Heart Disease, Traffic Jams and ADHD Share One Simple Solution: Drive Less
This is an excerpt from "Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy," by Elly Blue (Microcosm Publishing, December 1, 2013, bikenomics.com). See our interview with Elly from spring 2013.
October 18, 2013
“Bikes vs Cars” Director Fredrik Gertten Sets Out to Expose the Car Lobby
Films like Fast Food Nation and Gasland introduced critiques of the food industry and fracking to a broad audience. But as of yet, the active transportation movement has lacked a full-length documentary feature that screens widely in theaters or goes viral on Netflix.
October 18, 2013
“Macho Bike Culture” and America’s Paucity of Bike Infrastructure
This morning Andrew Sullivan highlighted a story in the Australian journal The Conversation that explains how the "macho" bike culture of the 1970s contributed to low cycling rates in that county and the United States as well.
October 17, 2013