Friday’s Headlines to Cap the Week
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It's come to this: the Southeastern gas shortage has the federal government warning gas-hoarding drivers not to fill plastic bags with petroleum. Plus all the other news.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Boondoggles 2014
Panelists Continue Push For Integrated Transit in SF
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A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?
Bill Would Help Measure Access for Non-Drivers
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A new bill would give U.S. communities money to analyze how easy — or difficult — it is for residents to access the destinations they need most, and how their mode of transportation, race, income, age, disability, and other factors that impact their basic mobility.
Thursday’s Headlines Which We Posted Late (Sorry!)
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Talk of big trucks and big transit.
Talking Headways Podcast: Can We ‘Schedule’ Cities to Work for Us?
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Let's face it, the infrastructure of tomorrow might be very different than the infrastructure for yesterday. So let's talk about that with two deep data people.
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding
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Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.
SF Supervisor Compares Car-Free Road to Jim Crow
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Trying to stop motorists from using a park as a freeway isn't comparable to segregation. Supervisor Shamann Walton is either ignorant or intentionally misleading on an indefensible position
San Diego Makes “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero
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In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.
Couple Dies on Same Road Five Years Apart
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The death raises questions about why even Vision Zero cities so often fail to adequately redesign streets that repeatedly prove fatal to walkers.
Inside Berlin’s Free Cargo-Bikeshare Program
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Why can't we do this everywhere?