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Friday’s Headlines to Close it Out

By Blake Aued | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

It's funny how many people try to make environmentalism out to be an effete elitist cause when the benefits are disportionately conferred to groups that have been traditionally oppressed. Plus all the other news.

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For Bikes + BRT, Colored Asphalt Is Better Than Paint

By Roger Rudick | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

SFMTA and OakDOT need to up their game when it comes to bike lane markings and go with a more durable solution

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Chicago's Speed Cameras Are Working

By John Greenfield | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

Fatal or serious injury crashes increased by 1 percent near speed cameras between 2012-13 and 2017-18, compared to a 19 percent increase citywide.

The last time the car crash death rate spiked this much, we were driving Model Ts. Left: Snappygoat via Creative Commons.

Road Death Rate Spike Highest Since 1924

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the one-year increase in the death rate was the highest since 1924.

Like a lot of U.S. politicians, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio isn't exactly known for getting around on public transportation. Image: Streetsblog NYC.

Opinion: Why Every Elected Should Ride The Bus

By Josh Cohen | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.

Talking Headways Podcast: City Legibility and Wayfinding

By Jeff Wood | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

A podcast on why it's important to sometimes get lost.

Image: Chuck Kennedy via PFA/Creative Commons

Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support Asphalt 'Right-Sizing'

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.

Thursday’s Headlines For You And Yours

By Blake Aued | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

The Trump administration failed to investigate a whistleblower report on US DOT Secretary Elaine Chao. Plus all the other news.

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Food + Mobility Justice Advocates Join Forces

By Sharon Hoyer | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

Speakers discussed the relationship between safe conditions for pedestrians and good transit access with food security and nutrition.

Sen. Ed Markey co-introduced four bills that are getting love from green transportation advocates. Source: Victoria Pickering via Creative Commons

Four Bills Could Help Break the Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.