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Compelling Evidence That Wider Lanes Make City Streets More Dangerous
The "forgiving highway" approach to traffic engineering holds that wider is safer when it comes to street design. After decades of adherence to these standards, American cities are now criss-crossed by streets with 12-foot wide lanes. As Walkable City author Jeff Speck argued in CityLab last year, this is actually terrible for public safety and the pedestrian environment.
May 27, 2015
Study: Protected Bike Lanes Reduce Injury Risk Up to 90 Percent
A study by researchers at the University of British Columbia provides compelling new evidence that bike infrastructure makes cyclists safer -- a lot safer.
October 22, 2012
$1,060: The Cost of Decrepit Infrastructure for Your Family Last Year
Five months' groceries for a family of four. A year's worth of textbooks for a college student. One thousand sixty dollars: That's how much inadequate infrastructure spending cost the average American family last year, according to a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, "Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Surface Transportation Infrastructure." And it's only projected to get worse.
July 27, 2011
Poll: Voters From All Walks Support Transportation Improvements, Reform
Don't be fooled by the high-pitched rhetoric in Washington. The vast majority of Americans are united, at least when it comes to the topic of transportation.
February 17, 2011
More People, Less Driving: The Imperative of Curbing Sprawl
Experience with case studies has made it clear to many urban
planners and environmentalists that to maximize the benefits of transit
investments, and to slow growth in traffic congestion, vehicle miles
traveled (VMT), and carbon emissions, you have to focus on land use.
September 3, 2009