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UIC Study: Speed cams save lives, but drivers from POC communities get more tickets
City officials say they plan to use the report to improve the program.
January 11, 2022
SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Cargo Bikes Are Revolutionizing Family Life in New York
Parents with conventional or electric bikes are loading up their kids (sometimes several kids!) and taking them everywhere.
January 11, 2022
Who should we be really building bikeways for?
A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.
January 10, 2022
Bakery-fresh CDOT study reaffirms speed cameras are saving lives
The new report compared the changes in crash numbers near speed cameras and citywide between 2012-13 and 2018-2019 and confirmed that collision numbers have stayed relatively low near the cams.
January 6, 2022
Op-Ed, Part II: Conversion to EVs is a Once-in-a-Century Chance to Fix Many Car Culture Problems
Electrifying cars is the right thing to do, but excessive number of cars, oversized vehicles, and use of the curb for private auto storage remain crucial deficiencies of the city government’s automotive infrastructure in New York.
January 6, 2022
OPINION: Do Not Put EV Charging Stations on Public Property
In converting to electric, the city must not repeat the mistakes of the past by making it easier to drive a car, even if it is an electric one.
January 5, 2022
LEST WE FORGET: It’s Normal for the Mayor to Take the Subway or Ride a Bike
You know what's weird? A mayor not riding the subway or a bike to get around.
January 4, 2022
Motorist Threatens to Run Over Families on Slow Lake Street
2022 could be a nasty, rough year as the battle to end traffic violence continues
January 3, 2022
LEGAL EASE: How I Got Once-Secret Police Misconduct Reports — and How You Can, Too
Some lessons from a lawyer who pushed the Civilian Complaint Review Board — and won. And here's how you can benefit.
January 3, 2022
Transportation planning needs better language accessibility, and more coalition building
In a field like planning, that is technical and political, and requires community participation, language accessibility is one necessary tool, but it does not guarantee that the voices of the community will have an impact.
December 31, 2021
