Video of the Fatal Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Upends the Victim-Blaming Narrative
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The backup driver was distracted. Sensors that are supposed to detect pedestrians failed.
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What Explains the Gender Gap in Walking?
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A recent Stanford study examined walking rates around the globe, finding that in a diverse range of countries, girls and women walk less than boys and men. What explains the disparity? On International Women’s Day, Tiffany Lam explores the subject at the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. Planning professionals tend to focus overwhelmingly on infrastructure […]
Snapping Together a Better Bus Stop
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American cities are discovering a way to quickly improve bus boarding using modular plastic pads.
A Brief History of How American Transportation Engineers Resisted Bike Lanes
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A new paper looks at what led the American engineering establishment to fall decades behind other countries on the development of bike infrastructure.
A New Neighborhood Will Replace a Sunken Rochester Highway
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With a portion of the Inner Loop highway filled in, Rochester is ready to reconnect its downtown to the East End neighborhood.
Oregon May Expand Its Petty Bicycle Tax to Children’s Bikes
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A bikes-only tax was always a bad idea. Now it could get worse.