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Why Isn’t There a Massive Civil Response to Traffic Violence?
Jonathan Maus at Bike Portland is having a contemplative moment. In rapid succession over the last few days, he's seen so much evidence of the damage that traffic inflicts: a seriously injured cyclist in Portland, a new study linking exhaust inhalation to autism, the death of journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in a Los Angeles car crash. The list goes on.
June 20, 2013
“We’re a Highway Department, Not a Bicycle Department”
The anecdote we're about to relay happened in St. Louis County, but it could have occurred in almost any community between New York and Portland. Alex Ihnen at NextSTL caught local transportation officials admitting what generally goes unspoken:
June 19, 2013
Remembering All That Was Lost to an Interchange in Miami
Miami's Overtown neighborhood was once known as "the Harlem of the South." In this historic black neighborhood, legends like Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday would play to big crowds late into the night.
June 18, 2013
Parking Crater Prevention: Which Cities Are Doing It Right?
Does your city have a parking crater problem? If so, it's probably time for an ordinance prohibiting property owners from demolishing buildings and turning them into parking lots.
June 17, 2013
Raquel Nelson Finally Cleared of Homicide Charges, Pleads to Jaywalking
The long legal ordeal is finally over for Raquel Nelson, the mother who faced three years in prison after her four-year-old son was killed by an impaired driver in suburban Atlanta.
June 14, 2013
A New Perspective on Crossing the Street at Your Own Pace
Gary Howe has been seeing things differently since he suffered a foot injury when he slipped on an icy patch of broken sidewalk in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, this winter.
June 13, 2013
When Urban Agriculture Is at Odds With Sustainability
There's a proposal on the table in Boulder, Colorado, to preserve 25 acres in the heart of the city for agricultural purposes in perpetuity.
June 12, 2013
Our Streets Fail to Work for Children
Yesterday, an Ohio newspaper reported that the state's urban schoolchildren are 3.3 times more likely to be hit by a car on their way to school than students in suburban districts. More than one out of every 500 children in the state's eight largest urban districts had been hit by a car in the last five years.
June 11, 2013
Placemaking to Make Friends: The Case of Cleveland’s East 4th Street
Ari Maron had no friends.
June 7, 2013
Boston Bike Report Wrongly Blamed Cyclists for Most Collisions
Last month, the city of Boston released a bike safety report, and it was something of a disaster.
June 7, 2013