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A traffic crash that involved a cyclist near Union Station on September 4, 2007. Photo: Flickr
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Colorado Isn’t Even Trying to Reduce Traffic Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 14, 2019 | 7 Comments
Colorado aims for more traffic deaths under a new federal program requiring them to set targets. The state shows a disappointing lack of ambition in keeping its own residents alive and healthy, said policy leaders at Transportation for America.
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Cambridge Becomes First U.S. City to Make Protected Bike Lanes Mandatory

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2019 | No Comments
When streets are repaired in Cambridge, Mass., they will automatically be upgraded with protected bike lanes.
Photo:  Teco Streetcar/Twitter
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How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2019 | No Comments
Free fares and more service led to big ridership boosts in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Would it scale?
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Parking Madness 2019, Round 2: Providence vs. Indianapolis

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2019 | No Comments
Which deserves to go on to the Final Four? Providence's improved State Capitol area or Indy's downtown growth?
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Parking Madness 2019, Round 2: Houston vs. Pittsburgh

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2019 | No Comments
A parking crater than turned into a whole neighborhood in Houston competes with a beloved park in Pittsburgh.
Using low-cost materials like this concrete divider, Toronto set up new streetcar stops on the far side of intersections on King Street, enabling safer boarding and cutting down on time stopped at red lights. Photo: Human Transit
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What Toronto Learned By Giving Its Streetcar Its Own Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2019 | No Comments
You can move more people in crowded cities when you get cars out of the way of more efficient modes — like transit.
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Parking Madness 2019: Minneapolis vs. Oakland

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2019 | No Comments
Our first Round 2 matchup futures two new neighborhoods that have risen out of asphalt.
The Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans is the nation's top candidate for a highway teardown, says the Congress for New Urbanism. Photo: The Advocate via CNU
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The Top 10 U.S. Highways that Should be Torn Down

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2019 | No Comments
Aging highways present opportunity for cities to rebuild urban neighborhoods. Here are the top 10 highways that are ripe for teardown, according to CNU.
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Study: Bike and Ped Lanes Make Neighbors Healthier

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2019 | No Comments
High-quality biking and walking facilities actually create healthier people, a new study based in Vancouver finds.
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Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Houston vs. Boston

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2019 | No Comments
Whole neighborhoods around downtown Houston and Boston's Seaport are rising out of asphalt.
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Transit Raises Property Values, Lowers Poverty

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2019 | No Comments
A Cleveland study found neighborhoods that added transit service was a 3.5-percent increase in property values and a 13-percent decline in poverty.
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Trump White House Still Underfunds Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2019 | No Comments
About $2.7 billion in funds for transit projects remains in a state of limbo at the Trump U.S. DOT.
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