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R.I. Takes Biking/Walking Funds for Highways
Almost one dozen biking and walking projects across the state of Rhode Island are in jeopardy after a state agency decided to transfer $27 million in federal money dedicated to active transportation to highways and administrative expenses over the next 10 years.
February 4, 2019
Congestion Pricing, Often Attacked as Inequitable, Is Actually the Cure for Inequitable Transportation
The best way to ensure that congestion pricing doesn't hurt the poor is to make sure revenues from new tolls support better transit service — not just build more highways.
January 30, 2019
New House Transportation Chair: ‘We Need to Move Beyond Fossil Fuel’
Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.
January 29, 2019
Super Cool Bike Bridge and Lane Designs
Make bicycle lanes iconic, rather than just useful
January 25, 2019
Traffic Fatalities: The Bible Belt Should Really Be Called ‘The Carnage Corset’
Eight of the 10 most dangerous metro areas in the U.S. for pedestrians are in Florida, according to a new study by Smart Growth America. Of the remaining 12, eight are in the Deep South.
January 24, 2019
Six Secrets From the Planner of Sevilla’s Lightning Bike Network
Here's one way to understand the story of biking in Sevilla, Spain: It went from having about as much biking as Oklahoma City to having about as much biking as Portland, Oregon. It did this over the course of four years.
January 24, 2019
Study: Uber and Lyft Caused U.S. Transit Decline
Uber and Lyft have decreased bus ridership in San Francisco 12.7 percent since 2010, a new study estimates.
January 23, 2019
Engineering Group Takes on High Speed Limits
One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.
January 22, 2019
Other States Should Copy Utah’s New Drunk Driving Rule
The new law lowers the threshold for impairment to .05 blood-alcohol level — which is what experts recommend.
January 4, 2019
Check Out What Seattle Did with a Dead-End Street
Basketball anyone? One of the highlights from Seattle's Pavement to Parks program.
January 4, 2019
