Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Michigan Puts Road Engineers on Bikes

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 12, 2011 | 12 Comments

Do you ever feel like traffic engineers just don’t get it? That there is a hopeless disconnect between the world of sustainable transportation and the world of “level of service” and “vehicle throughput?” Well, the Michigan Department of Transportation has a remedy for that. They call it “Training Wheels.” Since 2005, MDOT has been putting […]

T4America Responds to the Raquel Nelson Case in the Washington Post

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

The first shocking thing about Raquel Nelson’s conviction for vehicular homicide was simply that it happened at all. After all, the mother of three wasn’t even driving a car — she was crossing a wide street with poor pedestrian infrastructure when her four-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The second shocking thing about […]

Arturas Zuokas, World’s Most Bike-Friendly Mayor

By Ben Fried | Aug 2, 2011 | No Comments

From the Irish Independent: Rebellious Lithuanian mayor Arturas Zuokas has taken clearing bike lanes of illegally parked cars into his own hands. He drove an army personnel carrier over an old Mercedes-Benz S-Class that had been parked in a bike lane in the capital Vilnius in a bid warn owners of “posh” cars that they […]

Bike League: “Eligibility” for Bike-Ped Isn’t the Same As “Dedicated Funding”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 27, 2011 | 2 Comments

At this point, we’re not expecting any movement on a transportation bill, in either house, before the August recess. (After that, get ready for a panicked frenzy of activity ahead of the September 30 deadline.) From what we hear from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s staff, the EPW bill includes dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. […]

Raquel Nelson Likely to Opt For a New Trial, Her Lawyer Says

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 26, 2011 | 6 Comments

UPDATE 7/27: Raquel Nelson has, in fact, chosen the option of a new trial. The last thing the jury heard from Raquel Nelson’s defense lawyer, before they convicted her, was the tape of her frantic 911 call after her son, A.J., was hit by a car. “1-2-3-4-5-6, doing chest compressions on her son, screaming,” recalls […]

Raquel Nelson Speaks on the Today Show About Her Son and Her Court Case

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | 19 Comments

We’ve written quite a bit about Raquel Nelson over the past week or so, but now, we’ll let her speak for herself. The Today Show devoted an eight-minute segment to her case this morning, including an interview with Raquel. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Nelson’s lawyer, David Savoy, […]

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