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How Bike Counts Make for Better Bike Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments

Earlier this summer, the City of Boston published the results of its 2019 bike counts, an annual tally of bike traffic that’s conducted every June and September. And while the city is busy building new bike infrastructure in an effort to increase the number of bike trips people make across the city, the 2019 counts […]

Talking Headways Podcast: How to Make a Bus Corridor Great

By Jeff Wood | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Imagine a city that transforms a congested roadway into something that works for transit users and cyclists! It's Boston. Check out our podcast with a Beantown planner.

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How To Make Car-Free Transport Fun

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 24, 2020 | No Comments

If we want more people to ride buses and bikes, we've got to help make the experience not only safe and efficient, but enjoyable.

Minneapolis-St. Paul is building six new bus rapid transit routes but they may not be finished until 2026 at the earliest.

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Bus Rapid Transit Should Be Built More Rapidly

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

Why does it take years to install a dedicated bus lane? It only takes a week to put down red paint and tell drivers, "Begone!"

A new TransitCenter report draws on the lessons from campaigns in cities across the nation. Image: TransitCenter

Op-Ed: How Transit Activists Can Win — A Primer

By Hayley Richardson and Colin Wright | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

If you’re a transit rider in just about any American city, chances are the service you rely on falls somewhere between not-great and awful. The closest bus may only run once an hour, your train may be constantly delayed, or you may feel like the simple act of crossing the street to reach the bus […]

Three cities are launching a pilot program with T4A to manage curb space and collect data about which companies are making deliveries and when.

Three Cities See a Way to ‘Curb’ Traffic

By Aaron Short | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

Curb space is the Wild West of neighborhood transportation.

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