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America's walking rates took a nosedive during the pandemic — and they still haven't recovered.

"This growth won't continue forever without being facilitated by more infrastructure investment, [and particularly] safety infrastructure."

Vehicle technology spying on our most intimate details — and there's pretty much no escaping it.

The post Report: Cars Are Undermining Our Privacy, Even If We Don’t Drive appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

Today, let's learn about measuring car travel more accurately, how micromobility can improve accessibility, and a bit about transportation in Cairo.

The post Talking Headways Podcast: All Possible Commutes appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

A new federal tool helps Americans see at a glance exactly how deadly traffic violence is in their community — and how their neighbors stack up. 

Data lovers can now nerd out on a new website that collects Bay Area transportation data and puts it into customizable maps and charts to play with.

The incredible design and data teams at SimpleGeo and Stamen, known among other things for Polymaps and Cabspotting, recently teamed up to tackle a data set only the wonkiest of us could love: San Francisco's Pavement Condition Index. I assume Neal and Michael at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalitions's Good Roads pothole fixin' Superhero HQ have already checked this out and gushed over the results. 

One of the simplest and best tools for promoting walkable development has branched out into the full range of car-free transportation. Walk Score, the website which measures how many neighborhood amenities are within walking distance of a given location, has added a wealth of information about other forms of travel, including transit and cycling. The improved Walk Score provides a more complete sense of what is accessible from your apartment or workplace.