John Hennessy III,
P.E.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFORMATION CENTER
Since the publication of the National Bicycling and Walking Study, there has been measurable progress in improving conditions for bicycling and walking. Far from being “forgotten,” bicycling and walking have received a growing amount of attention and funding. There have also been decreases in fatalities, coupled with some evidence of an increase in the overall number of trips taken by bike or foot.
The Boston metro area has always had plenty of cyclists. But other than some fantastic greenways like the Minuteman Trail, riding along the Charles, and some ahead-of-its-time traffic calming & bike lanes in Cambridge, cyclists have had very little to crow about. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon to hear murmurs that Boston was the worst cycling city in the U.S.
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CITY OF SEATTLE
We are at a turning point in transportation. We cannot sustain the financial, environmental and health costs of a transportation system that is overly reliant on automobiles. We need a new balanced approach that creates a transition. We are prepared to commit to that path by prioritizing walking, biking and transit in how we use our streets, how we spend our dollars, and how we collaborate with county, state and federal governments.
TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
American voters overwhelmingly support broader access to public transportation and safe walking and biking, according to this new national poll conducted for Transportation for America.
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ALLIANCE FOR BIKING AND WALKING
-States spend just 1.2% of their federal transportation dollars on bicycling and walking. This amounts to just $1.29 per capita.
-From 2000 to 2007, the number of commuters who bicycle to work increased by 42%.
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The relationships between parking infrastructure and transportation choices are as important as that between road infrastructure and transportation choices. Yet research on roads abounds while there is very little on parking.
…America stands in desperate need of a new vision for our national transportation system. Just as the Interstate highway bill answered some of the most pressing mobility needs of the rapidly growing nation in the mid-20th century, a new federal surface transportation bill must answer the vastly different needs of America in the 21st century. The next transportation program must set about the urgent task of repairing and maintaining our existing transportation assets, building a more well-rounded transportation network, and making our current system work more efficiently and safely to create complete and healthy communities…
View this complete post...For decades, planners and transportation specialists have debated how San Francisco’s most important street could be re-visioned to make it work better for transit, pedestrians, cyclists, shoppers, and those living on or near it. Now, as the Better Market Street Project moves forward with trial traffic diversions, the Art in Storefronts project, music and programming in public spaces, greening along sidewalks, and pedestrian safety improvements, San Francisco’s political class is intent on revitalizing the street for the long haul…
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