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Mixed Signals for City Pedestrians

New Yorkers are famous for crossing streets whenever they feel like it, taking a blasé attitude toward crosswalk signals. But the signs tend to capture the attention of pedestrians when the "walk" and...

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New York on the Road to Having More Pedestrian, Bike-Friendly Streets

New York State is poised to have more "complete" streets.Governor Andrew Cuomo will now be presented with the bill that requires transportation planners to consider pedestrian and bike-friendly...

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Gridlock Sam's Master Plan: Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Each Thursday in April, Sam Schwartz, aka Gridlock Sam at The Daily News, and former NYC traffic commissioner, explains another facet of his plan for equitably pricing NYC transit and tolls. This week:...

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NYC Traffic Deaths in Context

Robert Kolker, contributing editor for New York Magazine, discusses his new piece on why traffic deaths are up in NYC, and how the city is trying to make intersections safer.What do you think is NYC's...

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NYC Pedestrians, Open Your Eyes!

Pedestrians! Pay attention! (photo by -- and shadow of -- Kate Hinds)(UPDATED with new photo) That's message of a new street treatment being tested by the New York City Department of Transportation. We...

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Walking While Elderly, Danger Increases with Age in NY Region

One potential safety measure, employed in Canada, is explicit signage. (photo by Marcin Wichary via flickr)In the greater New York City region, older pedestrians are almost two-and-a-half times more...

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Nation's First Incorporated African-American Town Gets Streetscape Makeover...

New Gateway Welcomes Visitors to Historic Eatonville Near Orlando(Nicole Creston, WMFE -- Orlando, Fla.) The small town of Eatonville, Fla. just north of Orlando is best known for being the oldest...

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Fun Facts from the Latest Trove of Transpo Data Released

The United States has more than 4 million miles of public roads. Alabama has more than Alaska, Delaware beats out Hawaii. There are 130 million registered automobiles on U.S. roads. Florida has the...

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Arlington Schools Not Backing Down On New Busing Rules

(image by Adam Fagen via flickr)(Patrick Madden - Washington, DC, WAMU) Hundreds of parents in Virginia's Arlington County are appealing a new policy that will likely force more than 1,000 children who...

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Will This DC Bridge Become a Park?

An illustration for a park proposed for Washington's old 11th Street Bridge. If realized, the park would span the Anacostia River, linking the Capitol Hill neighborhood with lower-income Anacostia. (Ed...

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NYC Debates Reining in Rogue Bike Messengers & Food Delivery Cyclists

A NYC DOT staffer handing out examples of educational material to members of the New York City Council (photo by Kate Hinds)Businesses should be financially liable if their delivery people disobey...

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Special Report: How Transit Is Shaping the Gentrification of D.C., Part 1

This is the first of a two-part series on the relationship between gentrification and access to transit in Washington D.C.'s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. Part 1 examines the Shaw and Pleasant...

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Rethinking San Francisco's Main Drag

Market Street (photo by Benjamin Dumas via flickr)This is part 1 of a 3 part series on re-thinking Market Street. Check out part 2 and part 3.Around 250,000 people use Market Street every day— and in...

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HUD Secretary Highlights Central Florida Commuter Line as Sprawl Fighter --...

HUD Secretary Shaun DonovanPlanners designing around Central Florida’s SunRail future commuter line are working to bring walkable communities around rail stops, said Shaun Donovan, secretary for the...

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DC "Pioneer" in Walkable, Transit-Friendly Neighborhoods

(photo by Martin DiCaro)(Washington, DC - WAMU) D.C. is known for its great tourist attractions -- not to mention political scandals -- but among real estate developers the metropolitan area is...

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Proposed Lowline Underground Park Debuts "Solar Harvesters" for Subterranean...

A sample "canopy distributor" channeling sunlight into a darkened warehouse demonstrates how the proposed Lowline underground park in Manhattan could have enough light to grow plants. (Photo by Alex...

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Streetcar Could Make Virginia's Community Pike Neighborhood More Walkable

This is the second part in a series of ongoing reports about the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region’s changing neighborhoods. Listen to the radio version of this story here. The first part...

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NYC Suggests You Avoid Getting Killed By Looking Up From Your Smartphone

NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (left) unveils new street safety campaign with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (Crouch down, Ray, like we rehearsed.) (photo by Jim O'Grady)(New York,...

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NYC Reining in Scofflaw Delivery Cyclists with Six Restaurant Inspectors

One-third of the NYC DOT bike inspection team: Demel Gaillard (L) and Ronald Amaya. (photo by Kate Hinds)(New York, NY - WNYC) When it comes enforcement of cycling laws, New York City is willing to...

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Dangerous Intersections Get Local Revamp -- but Albany Needs to Step Up, Says...

(New York, NY -- WNYC) Eight months after a 12-year-old girl was killed crossing a street, safety upgrades have been completed at 14 locations along a notoriously dangerous street on Manhattan's Lower...

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