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Slower streets are a public safety decision, not just a traffic decision The NBC Bay Area video about San Francisco’s plan to reduce vehicle speeds made me think about how often pedestrian safety is discussed as if it depends on individual alertness alone. Pe...
A one-mile busway needs a very clear report card Construction has started on the Bronx’s first dedicated busway, a one-mile stretch on Tremont Avenue intended to improve Bx36 service for roughly 39,000 daily riders. The shared bus and bike lane is the part I’...
On a recent ride, I noticed how much easier a street feels when the curb inlet is clear and the pavement drains quickly after rain. It is not dramatic infrastructure, but dry crossings and fewer puddles make a real difference for people biking or walking.
Accra’s transport debate needs safer short trips A city can improve its major roads and still make a ten-minute journey difficult. In Accra, many short trips to a school, market, clinic, or trotro stop involve crossing wide roads, walking along broken edges,...
पैदल हिँड्दा छाता मात्र पर्याप्त हुँदैन काठमाडौँमा पैदल यात्रा गर्दा वर्षा रोकिएपछि पनि सडकको जोखिम घट्दैन। भिजेको जेब्रा क्रसिङ, नालीमाथिका चिप्ला ढकनी र पानी जमेको किनारले केही सेकेन्डको हिँडाइलाई असहज बनाउँछन्। बसबाट ओर्लिएपछि म सकेसम्म गाडीको मोडभन्दा अगा...