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No Charges for Driver Who Was “Too Short” to See the Pedestrian He Killed
They say if you want to kill someone in America, do it in a car. You'll never get charged.
November 6, 2013
How Federal “Safety” Regulations Undermine Amtrak in California
Network blog Systemic Failure ought to write a book about how federal regulations undermine train travel in the U.S. It would be a long one.
November 5, 2013
Delaware Drops “Share the Road”
Following a push from cyclists around the state, Delaware has agreed to stop using "share the road" signs. Beginning immediately, the DOT will use signs that convey less ambiguous messages confirming cyclists' right to the streets.
November 4, 2013
Denver Tech Companies’ Number 1 Demand: Bike Lanes
First Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel famously threatened to steal Seattle's tech workers with protected bike lanes. Then Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn fired back saying the city would use protected bike lanes to keep them there.
November 1, 2013
“Bike-Washing” the Keystone Pipeline
Houston-based architecture firm SWA Group has heads spinning this week: Is their proposal to build a bikeway next to the Keystone Pipeline pure satire or a serious attempt to "bike-wash" the most reviled fossil fuel distribution project of our day?
October 30, 2013
Do Regional Plans Matter If They Have No Teeth?
Charlotte is one of 29 regions around the country that is undergoing a major regional planning effort thanks to a Sustainable Communities Planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
October 29, 2013
Charlotte and Denver Join Urban Innovators at NACTO
The group that brought you the Urban Bikeway Design Guide and the Urban Street Design Guide is expanding.
October 28, 2013
How Does Communications Technology Reshape Cities?
In the 1960s sci-fi vision of the future, people moved around in flying cars, or better yet, got "beamed" from one place to another instantaneously. But the futurists of that generation got it wrong. The most influential technological breakthroughs are happening in the field of communications, not transportation.
October 28, 2013
Seattle’s Scandalous Plan to Replace Parking With Parking
The city of Seattle is planning to use eminent domain to seize a privately owned parking lot near its waterfront. The plan is to convert it into ... a city-run parking lot.
October 25, 2013