Angie Schmitt
Recent Posts
Macon, Georgia, Striped a Good Network of Temporary Bike Lanes and Cycling Soared
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The experiment shows that if you build it, they will come -- even in smaller cities without a strong culture around active transportation.
Dallas Confronts the Dilemma: Build Transit for the Burbs, or Build Transit People Will Use
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In America, decisions about how to expand transit are often plagued by the same tension: The highest ridership potential is in walkable neighborhoods in the city, where more people and jobs are clustered closer together. But regional politics often lead agencies to build transit in suburban areas where ridership will be more sparse. Right now a classic confrontation of this type is playing out in Dallas.
The Science Is Clear: More Highways Equals More Traffic. Why Are DOTs Still Ignoring It?
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Numerous studies have documented the phenomenon known as induced demand in transportation: Basically, if you build highway lanes, more drivers will come. And yet, transportation agencies rarely account for this effect when planning road projects.
A Tribute to Branden Klayko, Who Loved Louisville and Wanted His City to Be Its Best
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We want to take a moment to honor the life of Branden Klayko, an architect and Louisville native who founded the local blog Broken Sidewalk, which was part of the Streetsblog Network for years.
We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?
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What is stopping us from implementing solutions to prevent distracted driving? We have the technology. The problem is, the smartphone industry doesn't want to use it.
Study: Drivers With Smart Phones Use Them Almost Every Time They Drive
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Motorists with smart phones use their devices in 88 out of every 100 trips, according to data collected by Zendrive, a company that assesses driving behavior using the sensors in smart phones. Extrapolating to the entire population, Zendrive estimates there are about 600 million trips involving distracted driving in the U.S. each day.
The “Jaywalker” Brutalized By Sacramento Police Was Stopped for No Reason at All
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When the line between a legally justifiable stop and outright harassment is so thin, it can easily become a pretext for racial profiling.
We Know the Solution to Transit’s Last Mile Problem — It’s Walking
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To solve the "first and last mile problem," there's no substitute for walkability.
Is Your Local Government Falling for the Hyperloop Fantasy?
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There are no functional, real-world examples of a Hyperloop, Tesla founder Elon Musk's long-distance transport concept that involves shooting people through vacuum-sealed tubes in pods that travel at up to 760 mph. And yet a surprising number of government agencies are treating the Hyperloop as a serious proposition.
The Traffic Safety Establishment Needs to Take More Responsibility for Soaring Pedestrian Deaths
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America's traffic safety establishment has long been focused on "behavioral" explanations for traffic deaths -- things like seatbelt usage and drunk driving. By ignoring the role of the high-speed, car-centric transportation systems they've created, they don't have to face their own culpability.
The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism
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The insistence that transit is a local priority while highways are a national concern has become an article of faith in the world of right-wing think tanks. But today highway spending mostly serves the same type of trips that Republicans purportedly believe are inappropriate for federal funding.
Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Denver
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A suburban light rail station surrounded by highways and shopping mall parking lots takes on three light rail stations engulfed by sports stadium parking.