Florida
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Parking Madness Elite Eight Matchup: Dallas vs. Jacksonville
We're on to round two of Parking Madness, our search for the worst parking crater in North America. And I have to say, the parking craters in this match do seem to have descended to a new level of horribleness.
March 31, 2014
Parking Madness: Calgary vs. Jacksonville
Parking Madness has gone international. Today we welcome our first parking crater contender from outside the United States, as Canada's third largest city faces off against the home of the Gator Bowl. It's Calgary versus Jacksonville.
March 21, 2014
Pedestrian Deaths Edge Down, Following Unexplained 3-Year Rise
After three years of rising pedestrian deaths in America, there's some good news this week about the safety of people on foot.
March 6, 2014
UPDATED: Last Night’s Quiet Transit Victories
Yesterday was a relatively quiet election day for transportation-related ballot measures, but of the six transit initiatives that came before voters yesterday, five six passed, with a sixth seventh too close to call. That’s in line with last year’s 79 percent success rate -- 71 percent since 2000. When asked, voters overwhelmingly choose to raise their own taxes to improve public transportation.
November 6, 2013
Attacking the Language Bias in Transportation Engineering
"Improvement." "Upgrade." "Level of Service." The traffic engineering profession is full of buzzwords laden with meaning -- and, for the most part, the embedded meaning is something to the effect of "cars are king."
June 3, 2013
LaHood: Zero Tolerance for Drivers Who Disrespect Cyclists
First there was “Click It or Ticket.” Then there was Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Now, U.S. DOT is campaigning to end another life-threatening behavior: disrespecting cyclists.
April 12, 2013
Tampa Bike Safety Summit Proves (Finally) to Be No April Fools’ Joke
Bike advocates got yet another reason to love Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last month when he announced that U.S. DOT would hold two bicycle safety summits this year. The summits would examine why bicycle fatality rates are rising when automobile fatalities are falling.
April 9, 2013
Sprawl Madness: Two Houses Share Backyard, Separated by 7 Miles of Roads
Just how absurd have American development patterns become over the past few decades?
February 28, 2013
Pedestrian Safety, as Brought to You By Florida DOT and NASCAR
You wouldn't necessarily expect NASCAR, the very embodiment of the macho fast-car fetish in America, to go to bat for pedestrians. But in preparation for yesterday's "Super Bowl of stock car racing," the Daytona 500, NASCAR teamed up with the Florida Department of Transportation to help promote pedestrian safety around the event.
February 25, 2013
Poll: The Hunt for the Worst Intersection in America Continues
Earlier this week we looked at the intersection of Route 355 and Shady Grove Road near Rockville, Maryland, flagged by Ben Ross at Greater Greater Washington for being especially hostile to pedestrians, even though it's the site of a bus stop. We asked if it might be the worst intersection in the country and put out a call for readers to send their nominations for the title.
January 31, 2013