APTA Report Prescribes Public Transport to Improve Public Health
A new report written by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute's Todd Litman for the American Public Transit Association [PDF], the trade organization for the nation's transit agencies, reminds us that one of the most valuable benefits of transit is to our health. Summarizing the state of research in the field, "Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits" lays out the basic fact that increasing transit use is an easy way of preventing thousands of unnecessary deaths each year.
August 19, 2010
The Hudson River Park Bike Seizure: Why’d They Do It?
Last Saturday, ten cyclists returned to where they had parked their bikes in Hudson River Park to find them gone. They had been attached to a railing along the river and, as reported in Gothamist, confiscated by the park.
August 18, 2010
Walk Score Goes Multimodal With the Addition of Transit Score
One of the simplest and best tools for promoting walkable development has branched out into the full range of car-free transportation. Walk Score, the website which measures how many neighborhood amenities are within walking distance of a given location, has added a wealth of information about other forms of travel, including transit and cycling. The improved Walk Score provides a more complete sense of what is accessible from your apartment or workplace.
August 17, 2010
Action Plan Ups NYC’s Commitment to Ped Safety, But Is NYPD on Board?
"Safety isn't just about statistics," NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said yesterday while announcing her agency's new Pedestrian Safety Study and Action Plan. "It's not just about a dot on a map."
August 17, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Times, News Discuss New Pedestrian Safety Study, Focus on Deadlier Male Drivers Ped Safety Is Nice, But Won’t Someone Please Think of the Drivers? (CBS2, Of Course) Bike Bedlam! CBS2 Files Impeccably Accurate Report on Creeping Cyclist Menace Mysterious Ghost Stroller Appears in Park Slope Without Any Link to Traffic Death (NYT) Parks Department Seizes Bikes … Continued
August 17, 2010
Envisioning a New York Where Cycling Isn’t Just for Cyclists
At a panel sponsored by the American Institute of Architects last night, two of the city's top transportation planners joined one of its hardest-working bike advocates to discuss how to make cycling a mainstream mode in New York.
August 13, 2010
Delaware Gov Signs Bill to Protect Cyclists and Pedestrians
Yesterday brought a big victory for street safety and traffic justice in Delaware, as Governor Jack Markell signed SB 269, the state's vulnerable users law. Jeff Peel, writing on the League of American Bicyclists blog, explains:
August 13, 2010