Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Life-Saving Truck Design Fix Sidelined By Federal Inaction

By Stephen Miller | Dec 22, 2014 | No Comments

This is the second post in a Streetsblog NYC series about safety features for large vehicles. Part one examined the case for truck side guards and New York City’s attempt to require them for its fleet. American cities are beginning to take the lead on requiring side guards on large trucks in municipal fleets. That’s […]

DeFazio, Norton, and Larsen Take on Dangerous Street Design

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 18, 2014 | No Comments

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is already proving that he’ll put some muscle into the fight for bike and pedestrian safety in his new post as ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. DeFazio and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), top Democrat on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, have signed on to fellow T&I […]

Poll: Support for Active Transportation Funding Is High Across Party Lines

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 8, 2014 | No Comments

When will Congress debate a new transportation bill? Your guess is as good as mine (May 31 expiration date of the current extension notwithstanding). But here’s some advice for whenever they do: Increase federal funding for biking and walking. Your voters demand it. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy wanted to know whether Americans support this kind of funding, […]

Study: Safe Routes to School Programs Boost Walking and Biking 30%

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 22, 2014 | 2 Comments

In just two generations, the share of American kids who walk or bike to school has plummeted — dropping from 50 percent in 1969 to 13 percent today. Can the trend be reversed? Yes, according to new research that shows the impact of street safety infrastructure and other programs implemented with federal Safe Routes to […]

Best Bike Cities? Forget the Census, Let’s Start Asking Mobile Apps

By Michael Andersen | Jul 18, 2014 | 3 Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. The most popular bicycle transportation measurement system in the country is hopelessly skewed toward a niche activity. We refer, of course, to the U.S. Census. The niche activity: going to work. Most […]

Republican Senators Threaten to Slow Extension With Backward Amendments

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 17, 2014 | 4 Comments

Just as it seemed like a transportation extension was on the fast track to passage, a Tea Party senator from Utah is gumming up the works — and the top Republican on the EPW Committee might have a plan to help him. CQ Roll Call reports that Sen. Mike Lee is threatening to block progress […]

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