Cities are Making Left Turns Safer with ‘Wedges’
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Strategically placed bollards and curbs slow drivers and prevent them from "cutting corners," keeping pedestrians safer.
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Key Design Guide to Finally Include Protected Bike Lanes
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Protected bike lanes. Protected intersections. They're all included in the draft version of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' new engineering manual.
Councilmember Ryu Rowena Study Could Determine Future of Safety Improvements
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Rowena's road diet makes the street measurably safer. A new study, not yet made public, proposes undoing the proven safety improvements.
The Engineering Manual Everyone but You Seems to Have
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It took only one tweet, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Engineering Excuses practically wrote itself.
Oakland Needs to Stop Building Sub-Par Infrastructure
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Even on new streets, city continues using dangerous, out-dated bike lane designs.
Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles
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This introductory course, open to all, promises to review California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation, with participants learning how to apply bicycle design concepts that "best balance competing needs on a specific route."