Pedestrian Infrastructure
Basics
Why the S.D. Attorney General Will Probably Get Away With Killing A Pedestrian
One of South Dakota's most powerful elected officials killed a pedestrian in a bizarre rural car crash on Saturday evening. He claimed he hit a deer.
September 15, 2020
How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19
Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.
September 14, 2020
Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?
A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.
September 9, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers
Big money “pedestrian” projects are often remedial and performative — and their real purpose is to serve faster car traffic.
September 7, 2020
Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning
Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.
August 21, 2020
A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers
Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.
August 20, 2020
Op-Ed: Now is the Time For Low-Cost Infrastructure Projects That Can Reorient Our Cities Away From Cars
"We’ve deferred to the automobile for so long, it can feel strange to reimagine streets that were not built for and around the car. But Coronavirus lockdowns gave us a glimpse at how quickly our cities can change when our priorities do."
August 14, 2020
Vendors Must Be Included in Outdoor Dining Push
May 19, 2020
We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19
The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.
April 28, 2020
Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers
We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.
April 23, 2020
