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Vince DiMiceli

Recent Posts

Call him Electric Joe.

Biden is All In on EVs — And a New Era of Car Dependence

By Vince DiMiceli | Feb 11, 2022 | No Comments
In doing so, the White House ensured that car culture will continue to help set the agenda on transportation policy after more than 70 years of misguided, deadly mistakes.
Low-density sprawl of single family homes. Photo: Inhabitat

Study: Shifting to EVs Won’t Save Our Planet without Creating ‘Compact’ Cities

By Vince DiMiceli | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments
“When we design our cities, we’ve been putting moving cars ahead of moving people,” said the head of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. “It doesn’t have to be that way.”

Transit Was a Big Winner at this Year’s Polls

By Vince DiMiceli | Nov 15, 2021 | No Comments
Voters across the country continued to recognize the importance of keeping public buses and trains moving — and financed — even as most progressive and pro-transit candidates didn’t fare as well at the ballot box this November.
Data might say that there's no reason to improve the quality of this bus stop because no one uses it — except that no one is using it because it's so bad.

In God We Trust; Everyone Else Bring Data

By Vince DiMiceli | Jun 24, 2021 | No Comments
The simplest way to convince the public to move forward with policies that best serve it is to give the raw numbers that back up great ideas, a top urban planer told transit advocates during an online seminar aimed at better urban planning.
Photo: Swagtron
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N.J. Town Bans Scooters After Trucker Kills Rider

By Vince DiMiceli | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments
Instead of fixing the dangerous infrastructure or restricting trucks, lawmakers in Elizabeth, N.J. did the obvious thing — they just banned the scooters.
A study by AAA found that  car companies' new pedestrian detection systems — which are supposed to automatically slow down cars before they smash into a huming being — don't work very well. Photo: AAA

AAA: Technology Won’t Save Pedestrians from Deadly Cars

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 7, 2019 | 8 Comments
The pro-car group says so-called "pedestrian detection systems" don't work in cars going more than 30 miles per hour or when driving at night.
The scene in Boise moments after bicyclist Elizabeth Hilton was hit by a car. Hours later, she was issued a $90 ticket for running a red light.

Oh Boise! Idaho Judge Blames Cyclist for Crash

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 3, 2019 | 22 Comments
The epidemic of "windshield bias" in cops comes to Boise.
The Maryland Transit Administration has a $2 billion shortfall due to the state underfunding its priorities.

Critics: Maryland Gov. Shortchanges Transit Again

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 2, 2019 | 2 Comments
Governor Larry Hogan's latest six-year capital investment plan cuts 10 percent from public transit.
Spin Scooters is offering non-profits seeking pedestrian-friendly infrastructure a chance to get their hands on data that could help get their projects done.

Spin Data Could Help Build Safer Streets

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 1, 2019 | 2 Comments
The Ford-owned company wants to make streets safer for scooters, bicyclists and pedestrians.
Memphis' Manassas Street was redesigned in Memphis with protected bike lanes and raised colorful crosswalks. Photo: Memphis Medical District Collaborative

Feds Keep Cracking Down on Crosswalk Art

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 30, 2019 | 14 Comments
The Federal Highway Administration again asked a town to get rid of its non-conforming crosswalk art despite the fact there have been no studies proving they are dangerous.
High-speed rail. Photo: america2050.org

Kentucky Pol: Who’ll Ride Trains in 20 Years?

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 27, 2019 | 19 Comments
The Chairman of the House Budget Committee wondered why we should spend on trains when new technologies could make them obsolete.
Photo: Erik Voss and the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition via the Better Bike Share Partnership

Atlanta Moves to Make Deadly Streets Safer

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 26, 2019 | 3 Comments
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms hopes to save lives in a city where pedestrians are killed at twice the national average.
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