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Why ‘Walkability’ Scores Don’t Tell Us How Pedestrian-Friendly a City Is For Everyone
Standard walkability metrics aren't factoring in all the reasons why residents can't or won't travel by foot, a new analysis suggests— and cities need to think beyond the sidewalk, particularly in neighborhoods of color that face the steepest barriers.
April 29, 2022
Advocates: It’s Time To Tell Feds to Make Cars Safer For Walkers
For the first time in U.S. history, federal regulators are taking steps to help ensure vehicles are safer for those outside cars. Here are a few important aspects of this complex issue and how you can comment.
April 28, 2022
Freeway Fighters Across the U.S. Are Joining Forces — And They Want You
America's midcentury freeway revolts never really stopped — and now, the advocates behind them are joining forces to create what may be the largest organized national effort to prioritize communities over highways yet.
April 27, 2022
STUDY: Asphalt Art Decreases Vulnerable Road User Crashes By 50 Percent
Turns out, paint can be protection, at least when it's done right. Installing asphalt art on roads and intersection can cut crashes between motorists and other road users by a staggering 50 percent, a new study finds.
April 25, 2022
What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing
A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in the transportation realm includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.
April 22, 2022
Two Big Reasons Oregon Keeps Expanding Freeways
Highway widening advocates offer up a kind of manifest destiny storyline: population and traffic are ever-increasing, and unless we accommodate them we’ll be awash in cars, traffic and gridlock. The rising tide of cars is treated as a irresistible force of nature. But is it?
April 22, 2022
Japan’s ‘Old Enough!’ Sparks Questions About Car-Dependent US Childhoods
A long-running Japanese TV show challenges young children to navigate their cities without adult supervision, making us wonder why American cities are so comparatively hostile to kids.
April 19, 2022
How to Paint Your Own Crosswalk In Your Neighborhood (Hypothetically)
A secretive group is painting crosswalks in Los Angeles where they say the city has failed to provide basic infrastructure to protect walkers — so it's worth noting the wealth of resources available to would-be tactical urbanists.
April 6, 2022
Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close ‘Light Truck Loophole’
U.S. DOT announced new emissions rules last week — but, once again, the strictest standards won't apply to the biggest, dirtiest cars.
April 5, 2022
America’s Best Bus Stops: Small-City Heroes
Here are two small-city stops that stole voters' hearts in round one. Now, they compete against each other.
April 4, 2022
