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These States Won’t Adopt Even Bare Minimum Roadway Safety Laws

By Streetsblog | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

More than 40 states have failed to adopted a series of common-sense laws that advocates say would prevent many of the most easily avoidable crash deaths — and that reluctance to do the bare minimum doesn't bode well for those states' potential to more comprehensively reimagine their approaches to traffic safety.

You'd probably pay as much for a used Civic now as these sports cars cost two years ago. Photo: MD111/Flickr

Wednesday’s Headlines Are Too Thrifty to Drive

By Blake Aued | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

The inflation you've been hearing about is mainly tied to car ownership. Plus, the deadly blind spots on ginormous pickups and SUVs.

ANALYSIS: When Speed Cameras Are Racist

By Kea Wilson | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

When are automated speed cameras an equitable tool for roadway safety — and when are they speed traps that disincentivize cities from making roadways safe because of the money that's coming in?

Tuesday’s Headlines Are Capped Out

By Blake Aued | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

Fare-capping could be a way to rejuvenate transit ridership and help out low-income riders. Plus, a shocking jaywalking ad and more.

Monday’s Headlines on MLK Day

By Blake Aued | Jan 17, 2022 | No Comments

The U.S. needs a new place-based transportation policy focusing on sustainability and climate change. (Urban Institute) Melting permafrost will damage thousands of miles of roads. (Jalopnik) Shaming drivers is pointless as long as streets are dangerous for biking and carmakers keep selling ever-larger SUVs. (Treehugger) Bike mechanics are petitioning Walmart to stop selling crappy bikes […]

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What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2022 | No Comments

There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.

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Questions, and Some Answers, About Caltrans’ New Complete Streets Directive

By Melanie Curry | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

Caltrans' new Complete Streets policy directive has been met with interest, heavily tempered with skepticism.

Friday’s Headlines Are All About Infrastructure

By Blake Aued | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

How the U.S. lost its ambition for big New Deal-style infrastructure projects. Plus, the infrastructure cash is finally filtering down to cities.

An image similar to this one accompanied Dodge's latest offensive ad. Image; Dodge, via Car and Driver

That Viral Dodge Ad Isn’t the First Time Automakers Compared Drivers to ‘Predators’

By Kea Wilson | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

A new viral Dodge seems like a new low for the notoriously toxic automaker — but it’s just the latest chapter in the company's promotion of the deadliest driving behaviors.

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Notes from Medellín: Can Infrastructure Investments Reduce Interpersonal Violence?

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

A 2012 research project conducted in Medellín, Colombia examined the impact of the built environment on reducing violence and fostering societal trust.

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New Mass. Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near Transit Stops

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

The Baker administration is gearing up to implement a new law that could force suburbs in the MBTA service area to reform zoning laws and legalize the construction of tens or even hundreds of thousands of new homes near MBTA stations across eastern Massachusetts.

Talking Headways Podcast: Why a City Is Not a Computer

By Jeff Wood | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research, who talks with us about her new book, "A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences." We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine.

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