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The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and Why It Barely Registers
In 2010, 4,280 pedestrians were killed in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and another 70,000 were injured. That's one death every two hours.
May 2, 2013
If Americans Don’t Like Walkable Cities, Why Aren’t They Cheaper?
An acquaintance once told me that Joel Kotkin is like the climate change denier of the urbanism world.
May 1, 2013
The Big Leap from Car-Lite to Car-Free
While owning a car is a massive financial burden, economic incentives can still get in the way of the transition from car ownership to living car-free, even if you already don't drive much.
April 30, 2013
Teaching Police How to Use Laws That Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists
Seattle resident Heather Barnett was making her usual bike commute to the University of Washington campus last September when she was t-boned by an SUV driver who blew a stop sign. Needless to say, it was a life-altering incident for the young woman.
April 26, 2013
The Opportunity Costs of Highway Expansion
In case you haven't heard, gas tax revenues aren't what they used to be. In this kind of fiscally-constrained environment, every dollar spent on big, expensive transportation projects is a dollar that won't be spent on smaller but smarter local transportation needs. Yet around the country, mega-highway plans conceived in a different era continue to march forward as if nothing has changed.
April 23, 2013
Will the FRA Force Amtrak to Build Pricier High-Speed Trains?
On the Network today, Systemic Failure highlights what is apparently an ongoing dispute between Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration -- one that could affect the development of next-gen Acela trains.
April 22, 2013
Transport U: Mode Shift at MIT
This is the third installment in Streetsblog’s series on transportation demand management at American colleges and universities. Part one gave an overview of TDM techniques that schools employ, and part two profiled Stanford's TDM programs.
April 19, 2013
AAA Spokesman: Leading DC Urbanist “Retarded” and “Like the Klan”
Just a month ago, AAA released a heartwarming PSA reminding drivers that cyclists are people, before a crowd of hundreds of bike advocates at the National Bike Summit.
April 19, 2013
Orlando Cop Who Struck Pedestrian and Fled Scene Is Caught on Tape
Have we mentioned that Florida is the most dangerous state in the nation for pedestrians? Wide, dangerous roads are definitely a huge factor. But there also seems to be a pervasive culture of permissiveness toward dangerous driving embedded in state government and law enforcement agencies.
April 18, 2013
Transport U: Colleges Save Millions By Embracing Policies to Reduce Driving
Jeffrey Tumlin was managing transportation programs at Stanford in the mid-1990s, when he made an important finding: It was cheaper for the university to pay people not to drive than to build new parking structures.
April 17, 2013