Posts tagged Fhwa
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What role should driver education and enforcement play in road safety?
Education, enforcement… or infrastructure changes? Road safety and Vision Zero advocates are struggling to find the right balance. Keep reading…
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USDOT calls for a national roadway strategy to curb rising traffic fatalities
The US Department of Transportation is talking about radically changing federal roadway safety policy after new stats showed the largest six-month increase in roadway fatalities ever recorded by the agency. Keep reading…
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Transportation advocates push feds for a new traffic-control manual
Nonprofits America Walks and Transportation for America are urging the Federal Highway Administration to “reframe and rewrite” Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices in order to prioritize safety and equity over driver speed. Keep reading…
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Careful jaywalking saves lives
To make streets walkable, we need to re-think the basic principles of how people on foot and people in cars share the roadway. This is the first of a multi-part opinion series. Pedestrians put themselves in danger if they wait for a walk signal instead of crossing the street whenever and wherever it looks safest. There are no definitive studies, but that is what available… Keep reading…
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A safer bike ride through Rock Creek Park is on the way
Later this year, work will begin to reconstruct Beach Drive and parts of the Rock Creek Park Trail. The road will get a lot of work that should mitigate the environmental damage it causes, and the trail— in particular, three spots that consistently give cyclists and pedestrians trouble— will get wider. Keep reading…
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Would it be the end of the world if fewer cars could pass through Rock Creek Park? We’ll find out soon.
Work to reconstruct a nearly 6.5 mile stretch of Beach Drive, from Rock Creek Parkway to the Maryland line, will start soon. That will mean closing a section of the road that the National Park Service, environmentalists, and cyclists have long wanted to close but that motorists and some neighbors have fought to keep open. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fines and transit fights
Back on track, sort of; Railroad is public; Giant fines for snow fouls; Snowblind technology; The Snojo Nnamdi Show; Crime is crime; Maglev madness; DC’s streetcar past; Bike to bicycle kicks; FHWA fickle on fonts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New normal
The geography of tragedy; Calm before the storm; Mo’ money; Speedy delivery; Smile, you’re on traffic camera; Crash inequality; Paying more for less; Do it for your health; Charm City PRT?; No photos on the tracks. Keep reading…
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With fed help, cities can better track those on foot and bike
The lack of good data on walking and biking is a big problem. Advocates say current metrics yield a spotty and incomplete picture of how much, where, and why Americans walk and bike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Riders
Congress says no; Welcome to Pike District; I-395 stays open; This Olympic town?; Walter Reed changing hands; Development mixed bag; No ticket immunity for Silverman; Quit the cute. Keep reading…