Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Highwayman Inhofe Still Wants to Rob Bike/Ped Funding From Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) briefed reporters on the points of consensus reached by the four leaders of the Environment and Public Works Committee with regard to the transportation bill. In answer to a question by Streetsblog, she said that guaranteed federal funding for bike and pedestrian programs would be in the bill. She […]

Video: LaHood Answers Questions About Bike Lanes, Fuel Economy, and HSR

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

It’s no fireside chat, but Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been doing a series of video “dialogues” with people who submit questions online. Today’s installment is all about livability: one person asks what USDOT is doing to improve and expand bicycle infrastructure, another expresses excitement about high-speed rail expansion and asks about LaHood’s personal transportation […]

Lawmakers Introduce Reality-Based Plan to Achieve “Freedom From Oil”

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 2, 2011 | 12 Comments

Members of Congress of all stripes are trying to show that they’re concerned and responsive to the financial strain caused by high gas prices. Some are recommending more oil drilling. Some want to end subsidies to oil companies. Today, members of the Congressional Livable Communities Task Force suggested that providing more diverse transportation options to more people […]

Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just addressed reporters about the progress of the transportation bill. Rather than holding funding at SAFETEA-LU levels, as we previously reported and as the EPW statement indicated, the committee is planning a $339.2 billion bill – current spending plus inflation, plus an expanded TIFIA […]

T4America: Just Like Plane Crashes, Pedestrian Deaths Are a National Issue

By Tanya Snyder | May 24, 2011 | 14 Comments

Over the last decade, nearly 48,000 people were killed in the simple act of walking. Many of them were on streets built only to accommodate fast-moving cars, without safe places for people to walk or cross the street. Transportation for America’s new report, “Dangerous by Design,” includes rankings of states and metro areas, but you […]

Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians

By Tanya Snyder | May 24, 2011 | 31 Comments

If you had to cross this road on your walk to work, wouldn’t you rather drive? Millions of Americans live in communities without safe places to walk. And so they either don’t walk, adding to traffic congestion with every trip, or they do walk, risking joining the ranks of the 47,700 pedestrians killed and 688,000 […]

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