Got to join a nice bike ride today for about an hour as Black Girls Do Bike, did a ride from Bedford Stuyvesant to Red Hook.
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Streetfilms — Black Girls Do Bike: New York City
Monday, August 1st, 2016Equitable Bike Share Means Building Better Places for People to Ride
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
In cities that are building protected bike lane networks, cycling is increasing and the risk of injury or death is decreasing. Pairing appropriately-scaled bike share with protected bike lanes increases ridership and is essential to equity and mobility efforts.
View this complete post...State of the Region’s Health: How the New York Metropolitan Region’s Urban Systems Influence Health
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
This report seeks to add to our understanding of the health impacts of long term urban planning decisions. How do planning decisions such as investment in a subway line, the creation of a park or the redevelopment of a neighborhood affect health outcomes decades later? To answer that question we need to look at not only how individual localities work alone, but how clusters of cities, towns and villages work together.
Roadway Safety Institute: Finding Solutions to Save Lives
Friday, July 15th, 2016
The video highlights research, education, and outreach conducted at the Roadway Safety Institute to reduce roadway crashes and fatalities, including work in the areas of tribal land travelers, rail crossings, impaired drivers, and older drivers.
View this complete post...Who’s On Board 2016: What Today’s Riders Teach Us About Transit That Works
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
TRANSITCENTER
When do people choose transit, and in what conditions? We answer these critical questions by examining how people use transit, using information gathered from a survey of 3,000 people who ride transit in 17 regions and through focus-group discussions with riders in three cities.
Using Data to Foster Biking and Walking to School
Monday, July 11th, 2016
Montgomery County, NC: WiFi En Route
Monday, July 4th, 2016
In 2015, the U.S. Department of Education awarded Montgomery County Schools an Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund grant. With funding from the grant and additional support from partners,Curriculum Associates, Golden LEAF Foundation and Dream Builders Communications, the school system launched a new initiative, “A Culture Creating Effective Systems for Success” (ACCESS). Montgomery County Schools started a one device per student (1:1) program and outfitted eight buses with WiFi hotspots.
View this complete post...Connecting North Carolina: State Broadband Plan
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE OFFICE
…broadband’s benefits are not evenly dispersed and a digital divide, or “a gulf between those who have ready access to the internet and computers,” and those that don’t, is growing. Many communities, typically in sparsely populated or economically-distressed areas lack access to infrastructure or affordable service. Additionally, broadband adoption—the proportion of citizens subscribing to internet service—is low in NC given the rate of broadband availability in the state and contributes to the widening digital divide. This divide, new technologies, user demand, and greater reliance on internet access, necessitates ongoing infrastructure upgrades within our state.
Atlanta, GA: Making a Visible Difference in the Proctor Creek Watershed Through Information and Data
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Description: EPA is working to bring focused attention and coordinated action in more than 50 environmentally overburdened, underserved, and economically distressed communities. This involves listening to community leaders and residents to understand their needs and then working with local, state and other federal partners to leverage our collective resources in support of local goals. In […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Martha Roskowski, Vice President of Local Innovation, PeopleForBikes
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Martha Roskowski directs PeopleForBikes’ Green Lane Project, jumpstarting protected bike lanes and low-cost street retrofits in U.S. cities. Martha enjoys being part of the PeopleForBikes team and the way protected bike lanes turn a busy street into a comfortable and inviting place to ride.
“…What’s happening is there’s this realization that if you provide people with safe and comfortable places to ride by creating protected bike lanes on big, busy streets, by connecting them to completely separated pathways and side streets where the volume and speed of traffic is low, that people will ride. So they’re not crazy to not be out there on the streets today. The good news is that there’s rapid progress. In transportation terms there’s pretty rapid progress toward retrofitting streets to provide those spaces where people feel safe, and they are safe.”
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