It’s Illegal To Smoke A Joint And Ride Your Bike in New York, But Not THAT Illegal
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It's a misdemeanor as opposed to a felony, a lawyer tells Streetsblog. This is public service journalism at its best.
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Buttigieg broadly commits to increased safety, equity, sustainability – details pending
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Sec. Pete Buttigieg presented an ambitious vision for a more just and sustainable transportation system in the U.S. We’ll be eagerly following the funding, regulation and policy specifics of how this vision can be realized.
Washington State BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending
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On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all Washington towns and cities.
How Buffalo Moved Away From Parking Requirements
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One promising trend in urban planning is the push from a growing number of U.S. cities to reduce minimum parking requirements for new developments. As the name suggests, parking minimums require developers to build a certain amount of spaces, regardless of whether a community wants or needs them.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Albuquerque vs. Denver
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Just for fun, today we're taking a look at two waiting areas where riders are forced to contend with some truly laughable dangers, including golf balls in Denver. We're willing to bet there are even weirder safety concerns at bus stops across America.
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
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A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.
CONFIRMED: Pedestrian Fatality Rate Up By Double Digits
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The nation's battle with COVID-19 had a terrible side-effect for America's pedestrians: more death.
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Make Sidewalks, Bike Lanes a Default Feature In Massachusetts State Road Projects
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While many state highway bureaucracies treat bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure as an afterthought, new MassDOT highway engineering guidelines will require traffic engineers to include sidewalks, crosswalks, bus stops, and high-quality bike facilities when they design upgrades for the Commonwealth's major roadways.
STUDY: Drivers Mostly Use Cruise Control to Speed
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"Cruise control" technology was invented to help drivers maintain a safe and steady speed – but more often, they use it to go faster than they would without it, a new study finds.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Pittsburgh vs. Littleton
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This is the fourth first-round matchup in the Sweet 16 round of our annual Sorriest Bus Stop contest (voting continues through Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern). In our previous first-round bouts, Narberth demolished Trenton, Quebec City advanced to the Abominable Eight with a complete destruction of Philadelphia; and Queens devastated Lynchburg.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Philosophical Justification for Accessibility
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No one likes congestion, but that's not a reason to pool a lot of public money into it, says an expert.
Opinion: Why Curbside Bus Lanes Aren’t Great
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"Throughout my career as a bus advocate, I have been skeptical of curbside bus lanes. They are exceedingly easy to block. In fact, most curbside bus lanes come with a list of both illegal and legal encroachments." Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Reorientations and is republished here with the permission of the author.