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Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on City Observatory and is republished with permission from the author. One of the biggest lies in transportation planning is calling something “multi-modal.” When somebody tells you a project is “multi-modal,” you can safely bet that its really for cars and trucks with some decorative frills appended for bikes […]

September 6, 2020

Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning

Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.

August 21, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Angie Schmitt

A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers

Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.

August 20, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19

The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.

April 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycle Infrastructure

Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers

We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.

April 23, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Arts

The ‘Social Distancing Machine’ Proves We Need Wider Sidewalks Now

A group of Toronto performance artists/placemakers are behind this genius video.

April 15, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Study: Car Sticker Price is a Predictor of Driver Aggression Towards Walkers

The more expensive the car, the less likely the driver is to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. But why?

February 27, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Germany

How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics

America doesn't need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.

February 25, 2020

Streetsblog USA |congestion

Hello, 2020, What Do You Have in Store?

This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.

January 1, 2020

#StreetFail

The Millennium Bridge is Closed and it Ruined Elias’s Lunch Break

Denver’s iconic Millennium Bridge closed without notice yesterday, leaving many people who depend on the major pedestrian thoroughfare confused about how to get between the Riverfront and Union Station neighborhoods.

November 19, 2019

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