Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Infographic: U.S. DOT Promotes the Health Benefits of Active Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 2, 2013 | 8 Comments

“Transportation investments that support active travel — like greenways, trails, sidewalks, traffic-calming devices, and public transit — create opportunities to increase routine physical activity, improve health, and lower health care costs,” writes U.S. DOT’s Todd Solomon this morning on Secretary Anthony Foxx’s Fast Lane blog. “The same investments promote sustainability.” All of these numbers are testament to […]

UPDATE: Here We Go Again: Sen. Rand Paul Pits Bikes Against Bridges

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 24, 2013 | 13 Comments

Rand Paul is at it again. Last year, Sen. Paul (R-KY) made a laughingstock of himself by alleging that the Transportation Enhancements program — which largely funds bicycle and pedestrian improvements — was used for things like “turtle tunnels and squirrel sanctuaries and all this craziness.” His statements had no basis in fact, but that […]

Solo Driving Drops in DC as Transit and Biking Soar

By Tanya Snyder | May 16, 2013 | No Comments

We’ve been writing a lot this week about the national shift away from car travel and toward transit, biking, and walking. Yesterday, Washington area officials released new data that indicates the DC region is at the forefront of that trend. The region added half a million new workers between 2000 and 2011, according to a […]

How Much Driving Is Avoided When Someone Rides a Bike?

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 29, 2013 | 34 Comments

If Jane Doe rides her bike a mile to the post office and then back home, is it fair to assume she just avoided two miles of driving? And can we then assume that she prevented 2.2 pounds of carbon dioxide from being emitted? That’s more or less the way most agencies calculate averted vehicle-miles traveled. One […]

Congress to U.S. DOT: The Roads Aren’t Safe Until They’re Safe For Everyone

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

Yes, traffic fatalities have been (mostly) going down, but as long as cyclist and pedestrian fatalities keep going up, we can’t truly say our streets and roads are getting safer. That’s the message from 68 members of Congress to one pretty receptive audience: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. In their letter to LaHood, sent on Saturday, […]

Lawmakers Fret About Impact of Budget Cuts on Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 14, 2013 | 2 Comments

“In 2014, federal investment in surface transportation — which is currently about $50 billion per year — will drop to $6 billion or $7 billion. In one year.” Those were the dire words spoken by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) at the start of this morning’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on MAP-21. What he meant […]

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