Posts tagged Scooters
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Dangerous drivers in DC to get mail, texts. Will it reduce traffic deaths and injuries?
Vision Zero officials are piloting a District government initiative to mail and text drivers warnings that have no legal consequences for their driving records, with the Lab @ DC signed up to evaluate the program’s effectiveness in decreasing traffic violence on DC streets. Keep reading…
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Why hasn’t Richmond relaunched its shuttered bikeshare system?
Without a plan in place for relaunching Richmond’s RVA Bikeshare, the city puts riders, health, and mobility at risk. How did another city get their system back online? Keep reading…
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America’s auto-centric infrastructure is hurting our health
Is sprawl bad for your well-being? A proposed documentary evaluates how America’s car-first infrastructure impacts our health. @yitgordon gives us the scoop! Keep reading…
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DC’s traffic-safety policies have broken down. Here’s how.
As the number of people killed or injured by drivers has increased in DC, the breakdown in traffic safety enforcement extends far beyond what happens after a traffic camera captures someone engaged in an infraction. Keep reading…
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Five ways cities could be more kid-friendly
A Richmond-based dad details five ways in which cities could be better for families with little kids. Keep reading…
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Traffic safety PSAs aren’t always effective. Here are five better ways to promote safety
Traffic safety advocates, including our own contributing editor Kristen Jeffers, share how traffic safety awareness can go beyond the PSA. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple Line looking for new leadership
Purple Line loses executive director, communication director. Central Maryland’s latest 25-year transportation plan is open for public comment. Pool-sharing in Montgomery County: there are lovers and there are haters. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County’s University Blvd to get a temporary bus/bike lane, awaiting BRT
Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation will build short-term shared lanes to speed riders along and provide the county data, as it prepares to re-engineer the corridor and add bus rapid transit in the coming years. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA holding in-person feedback sessions on 8000-series trains
WMATA looks for in-person feedback on 8000-series cars. DC Councilmember proposes cap on rent increases at rent-controlled apartments. Alexandria residents, stakeholders debate Duke Street Transitway plans. Keep reading…
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National links: College grads struggling with urban affordability, too
Coastal cities now pricing out college graduates too. Taking a lesson from Brussels. Saving transit is cheaper than letting it die. Keep reading…