Angie Schmitt
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Transit Systems Must Address Women’s Safety Concerns
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A new study shows women are about half as likely to use new rail service as men — especially if they express strong concerns about safety.
Can New Mobility Tech Disrupt Car Dependence?
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A new organization want to help cities use mobility tech to break cars' stranglehold on cities.
Six Ways the Media is Still Blaming the Victim
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Media tropes emphasize the victim's behavior when a driver hits a pedestrian or cyclist rather than systemic causes, a new study finds.
Local Bike Advocates: E-Scooters Are Game-Changing
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In Nashville, Kansas City and Baltimore, advocates raised a couple concerns. But they all say scooters seem to be meeting a real need.
Engineers to Pedestrians: No ‘Walk’ Signs for You!
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The traffic engineering profession says intersections with no "Walk" signal are a-okay. Even as pedestrian deaths soar.
Bird Quietly Ends a Much-Hyped Bike Lane Subsidy
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Many cities weren't collecting it anyway.
Uber and Lyft Don’t Reduce Cars. Transit Does.
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Seattle is the only major city that really grew the number of car-free and car-light households in the last five years. It's also the only one that's really grown transit ridership.
Research Explains Why Pedestrians ‘Break the Rules’
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Pedestrians behave unpredictably when the environment is not accommodating to them, new research using time-lapse video shows.
Richmond, Virginia Shows How to Boost Transit in a Smaller City
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Richmond built a bus rapid transit line and reorganized its bus routes. Ridership rose 21 percent in a year.
Check Out What Seattle Did with a Dead-End Street
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Basketball anyone? One of the highlights from Seattle's Pavement to Parks program.
Streetsies 2018: The Year’s Best and Worst
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Baltimore and Minneapolis are the big winners. The Koch brothers are the big losers.
Send Us Nominations for Best Urban Street Redesign This Year
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Did your town to a great road diet? Nominate it to be named the best of the year.