–The Strip | By Brian McFadden on The New York Times.
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The New York Times: D-Plus Solutions For D-Plus Problems
Monday, March 25th, 2013Philadelphia, PA: Life In The Bike Lane
Friday, March 8th, 2013Complete Streets in New Jersey
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013AARP supports Complete Streets. Complete Streets include provisions for pedestrians and alternative transportation. Complete Streets build better, safer communities. For more information, email aarpnj@aarp.org. –SynergyProductions01 on YouTube.
View this complete post...Reactions to President Obama’s State of Union
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Transportation Issues Daily A number of transportation interests issued a news release offering a reaction to the President’s State of the Union. Here are excerpts from ones I could find. We republished Senator Boxer’s statement in full earlier. Gregory E. DiLoreto, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): “President Obama’s ‘Fix-It-First’ plan is a great step toward […]
View this complete post...Long Beach, CA: Separated Bike Lanes
Monday, February 18th, 2013Long Beach installed separated lanes in the downtown area. A study one year after installation shows (1) bike ridership has increased by 33% along the street, (2) pedestrian use has increased by nearly 15%, (3) bike accidents are down 80 percent from 5 per year to 1, (4) vehicle accidents are down nearly 50% from […]
View this complete post...Seattle DOT: Progress Report 2013
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The 2012 Transportation Action Agenda outlines policies, actions, and performance measures for SDOT over a two-year period. It is organized around five core principles.
Guest on The Infra Blog: David Alpert, Greater Greater Washington
Monday, February 4th, 2013
David Alpert is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Greater Greater Washington. He has had a lifelong interest in great cities and great communities. He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He loves the […]
View this complete post...Falling Apart and Falling Behind 2012 Report
Monday, January 28th, 2013
BUILDING AMERICA’S FUTURE
Rebuilding America’s economic foundation is one of the most important missions we face in the 21st century. Our parents and grandparents built America into the world’s leading economic superpower. We have a responsibility to our own children and grandchildren to strengthen—not squander—that inheritance, and to pass on to them a country whose best days are still ahead.
Promoting Active Transportation: An Opportunity for Public Health
Friday, January 18th, 2013
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
If there’s one message this primer should leave you — the public health practitioner — with, it’s this: Everyone travels. Whether it is for work, school or play, how we as individuals and as a society travel has impacts that go far beyond the seemingly simple and routine act of going from one place to another.
How Metropolitan Planning Organizations Plan for and Fund Bicycling and Walking Investments
Monday, January 14th, 2013
ADVOCACY ADVANCE
The new transportation law, MAP-21, gives Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) more responsibility for distributing federal transportation funds. MPOs serving areas with more than 200,000 residents are required to use a competitive process to select projects for funding through the Transportation Alternatives Program.
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