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House Votes to Slash Amtrak Funding Just Hours After Horrible Crash
Just hours after seven people were killed and hundreds injured in an Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia, the U.S. House voted to cut funding for the passenger rail service.
May 13, 2015
The Oregonian: Run a Red Light and Kill 3 Kids? “Just a Tragic Accident”
In February, a pickup truck driver in suburban Eugene, Oregon, ran through a red light at 40 miles an hour, killing three children -- 4-year-old Tyler Hudson, 5-year-old McKenzie Hudson, and 8-year-old John Day -- and critically injuring their mother. The family was walking with the right-of-way in a crosswalk, returning from getting ice cream.
May 13, 2015
Biking and Walking Get About as Much Research Funding as Chicken Trucks
When traffic engineers don't want to install protected bike lanes, they'll often say that more research is needed to prove their safety (because any results from outside America don't count, of course). But then when opportunities arise to study the safety of protected bike lanes, the engineering establishment doesn't take advantage. And so the cycle repeats itself.
May 12, 2015
The 10 States With the Best Bike Policy Tend to Have One Thing in Common
How does your state measure up on bike policy? The League of American Bicyclists is out with its 2015 state rankings, highlighting the states that are doing the most -- and the least -- to make bicycling a safe and convenient way to get around. Washington tops the list for the eighth year in a row, with Alabama bringing up the rear.
May 11, 2015
Baltimore: The Consequences of Planning That Isolates Neighborhoods
Cross-posted from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership
May 11, 2015
How Seattle Children’s Hospital Took the Lead on Healthy Transportation
It's more than a little ironic that in many places, hospitals are some of the worst offenders when it comes to perpetrating unhealthy transportation patterns. Often surrounded by enormous parking decks, hospitals have earned a reputation as isolated institutions hermetically sealed off from surrounding neighborhoods.
May 8, 2015
Honolulu’s First Protected Bike Lane Cuts Sidewalk Biking 65 Percent
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
May 7, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Welcome to the Fresh Coast!
This week I chat with Jeramey Jannene of Streetsblog Network blog Urban Milwaukee.
May 7, 2015
Salt Lake City to Install Nation’s First Protected Intersection for Bicycling
Salt Lake City is on track to implement America's first protected intersection for bicycling this summer.
May 6, 2015