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Matthew Ridgway

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Commentary: Caltrans Should Relinquish Local Main Streets

By Matthew Ridgway | Aug 29, 2011 | 5 Comments
City planners have been talking about Complete Streets for awhile now. I half expected it to go the way of the Transit First Policy wave that swept California and the U.S. a decade ago; that is to say, a lot of talk, many well-intentioned policies, but mostly business as usual for transportation priorities. I am […]

Bike Program Managers: We Don’t Just Need Grants, We Need Staff

By Matthew Ridgway | Mar 7, 2011 | 4 Comments
Editor’s note: Matthew Ridgway is a principal at Fehr and Peers, a transportation design and engineering firm that routinely consults on bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout the Bay Area. Within the world of bicycle and pedestrian planning, there are some cities that have been successful in securing significant resources for pedestrian and bicycle-related projects. These […]

Don’t Look Now But Fresno is Sprouting Bike Lanes

By Matthew Ridgway | Dec 1, 2010 | 12 Comments
Editor’s note: Matthew Ridgway is a principal at Fehr and Peers, a transportation design and engineering firm that routinely consults on bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout California. His firm was hired to help develop Fresno’s Bicycle Master Plan. Bryan Jones, the city of Fresno’s traffic engineer, contributed to this report. A collective sigh of relief […]

Commentary: Clarifying Right-of-Way Confusion in Uncontrolled Crosswalks

By Matthew Ridgway | Aug 24, 2010 | 34 Comments
Flickr photo: Warzau Wynn Editor’s note: Matthew Ridgway is a principal at Fehr and Peers, a transportation design and engineering firm that routinely consults on pedestrian projects throughout the Bay Area. The cardinal rule in street safety is to create conditions that are clear and predictable, so everyone knows what is expected of them and […]
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