Month: October 2017
Basics
San Antonio Gets a Badly Needed Kick in the Pants on Pedestrian Safety
In removing a guerrilla safety improvement, San Antonio officials acted with the kind of swiftness that they've never displayed in response to the city's staggering pedestrian death rate.
October 25, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Turf Wars Break Out as Investors Pour Money Into Bike-Share (Recode) D.C. Metro Track Fires Are Up Over Last Year (WTOP) In Cleveland, Cyclists Win Over Trucking Interests (Plain Dealer) Poll: Most Milwaukee Residents Oppose Streetcar (Fox 6 Now; WUWM) New Spokane Transit Stops Cut Dwell Times in Half (Spokesman-Review) Nashville Council Members Push Back … Continued
October 25, 2017
Singapore Says No More Cars
While Singapore is unique in some respects, it's also responding to the same pressures that face any urbanized area of sufficient size. Cars don't fit.
October 24, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Small Businesses Urge DC Metro to Expand Service and Lower Fares (Post) Seattle Council Members Skeptical of New Streetcar (KIRO) Bikelash Hits Twin Cities as Bike Lanes Spread (Star Tribune) Utah Legislators Can’t Agree on Transit Reforms (Deseret News) Next City Dives Into U.S.’s Only Private High-Speed Rail: Florida’s Brightline Study: Self-Driving Cars Will Lead … Continued
October 24, 2017
Is Nashville Finally Ready to Invest in Transit?
Last week, Mayor Megan Barry unveiled a $5.2 billion transit plan [PDF], dubbed "Let's Move Nashville," to improve access to reliable transit and reduce car-dependence.
October 23, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Study Says Larry Hogan’s Toll Lanes Won’t Make Maryland Freeways Less Congested (WaPo) Costs Could Rise for Minneapolis’ Southwest Light Rail Line (Star Tribune) With Google’s Lyft Investment, Ride-Hailing Is a Battle of Billionaires (Economic Times) Phoenix Installs Flex Posts to Keep Drivers Out of Bike Lanes (ABC 15) Portland Puts an Interactive Bike Map … Continued
October 23, 2017
Talking Headways Podcast: A Tombstone for NEPA
This week we return to Rail~Volution for a talk with Diana Mendes, who leads the transit and rail practice at HNTB. Diana tells us about meeting the author of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), what needs to change about environmental planning, the early use of GIS, and the environmental planning process for the Lower Manhattan Recovery after 9/11.
October 20, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Long Resistant, Gwinnett County, GA, Voters Now Support Sales Tax for Transit (AJC) Baltimore Will Remake Street to Prioritize Bikes and Transit (Sun) Glendale, AZ, Council Nixes Downtown Light-Rail Study (KJZZ) Hawaii State Senator Opposes Complete Street, Wants “More Lanes and More Roads” (News Now) Seattle Bike-Shares Brace Themselves, Winter Is Coming (The Stranger) Columbus’s … Continued
October 20, 2017
We Know SUV Design Kills Pedestrians, But We Still Let Carmakers Sell Them
The same design features that kill and maim pedestrians are what automakers rely on to appeal to consumers.
October 19, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Small Changes Led to Big Spike in Seattle Transit Ridership (The Atlantic) Nashville Mayor Proposes Ambitious $5 Billion Transit Plan (Tennessean) Latest Iteration of I-66 Still Includes Bike Path Right Next to D.C. Freeway (WTOP) Detroit Bike-Share Hits 100,000 Rides; Plans Spring Expansion (Freep; Curbed) Regional Bike-Share Will Serve 16 Boston-Area Towns (Wicked Local Concord) … Continued
October 19, 2017