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State DOT Engineers Say They’ll Do Better on Walking, Biking, Transit

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
In a welcome sign from an industry group that has been slow to embrace street designs that prioritize walking, biking, and transit, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released a statement last week saying it intends to “better address multi-modal issues.” The engineering profession can do better than this. Photo: Strong Towns AASHTO’s street design manuals are [...]
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3 Graphs That Explain Why 20 MPH Should Be the Limit on City Streets

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
A still from ProPublica‘s interactive graph. Speed kills, especially on city streets teeming with pedestrians and cyclists. The investigative news nonprofit ProPublica has produced an interactive graph that deftly conveys how just a few miles per hour can spell the difference between life and death when a person is struck by a motorist. ProPublica’s Lena Groeger used data from the AAA Safety [...]
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Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats

By Michael Andersen | | No Comments
Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Photo: John Paul Shaffer Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. For most of the 20th century, cities answered transportation problems by adding more pavement. More freeways. More lanes. More parking lots. More things that couldn’t [...]
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Peatónito: Protecting Pedestrians in the Crosswalk

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | | No Comments
Peatónito (“little pedestrian”) might be the most beloved figure in the world of street safety. How can you not love a superhero who protects pedestrians from cars?! Since donning the cape and luchador mask three years ago, he’s become a media sensation in Mexico. This week he’s in New York City for Transportation Alternatives’ Vision Zero for Cities 2016 conference, [...]
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Check Out Austin’s New Polka-Dotted Intersection Neckdowns

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
This new painted polka-dot intersection neckdown was design to make a dangerous intersection safer and more comfortable for pedestrians. Photo: Austin Mobility Safer streets for pedestrians don’t have to be expensive, or boring, for that matter. That’s the lesson from Austin’s new polka-dotted intersection neckdowns. In an effort to get drivers to slow down and give extra [...]
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Federal Report: Bad Street Design a Factor in Rising Ped/Bike Fatalities

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
A new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office [PDF] examines why people walking or biking account for a rising share of traffic deaths in the United States. While the conclusions aren’t exactly earth-shattering, one culprit the GAO identified is street design practices that seek primarily to move cars. The investigation was ordered by U.S. representatives Rick Larsen (Washington State), Peter [...]
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