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Drunk? Safer to drive than walk, says economist

A disingenuous and wrongheaded story is aired on NPR.

7 Jan 12 2012 8:09am
The cost of auto orientation

At its nastiest and most decrepit, the old and blighted traditional commercial block still outperforms the new, auto-oriented development by 41 percent.

3 Jan 3 2012 9:55am
Too much parking, too few residents

A study of New Haven, Connecticut, finds that "the more parking there is in a city, the fewer people are there."

Oct 30 2011 2:56pm
A new manual helps designers make better streets

During the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ annual meeting, Heather Smith, program director for CNU, hailed the response that a CNU-ITE manual has generated.

Oct 12 2011 1:19pm
Narrow roads often work better than wide ones

At the Institute of Transportation Engineers' annual meeting, a seldom-discussed fact was emphasized: Wider roads require more time for pedestrians to cross, which means longer waits for motorists.

5 Aug 23 2011 4:57pm
Vision Zero: A critical goal to prevent road fatalities

To paraphrase author Tom Vanderbilt, our nation’s traffic fatality rates are not a collection of “accidents,” but a longstanding public health crisis with far reaching impacts for all Americans.

6 Jun 21 2011 8:00am
Where walking is a lethal activity

For a pedestrian, there's no place deadlier than Florida, a new report from Transportation for America finds.

May 26 2011 6:46am
Seniors are piling onto public transportation

Use of public transit is growing in the US — especially among people 65 and older. Is your community prepared for the generational shift?

May 26 2011 6:06am
‘Cycle tracks’ in cities could save bicyclists lives

Public health researcher Anne Lusk argues that installing bike routes separate from motor vehicles will boost cycling and make compact communities work better.

4 May 3 2011 7:14am
Stop signs and traffic lights equal less safety

Each case is different, but in the aggregate, the reason traffic control devices aren’t installed more frequently is quite simple: They tend to make streets less safe, not more.

Apr 29 2011 9:35am