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Active Transportation Big in ‘INVEST’ Earmarks

By Kea Wilson | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

An unprecedented number of infrastructure projects earmarked in the House infrastructure bill would serve pedestrians, micromobility riders, and people who use assistive devices, on top of the robust increases in core programs that already fund infrastructure for those modes.

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U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.

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How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds

By Kea Wilson | May 19, 2021 | No Comments

A team of advocates has produced what may be the most comprehensive report on crashes that kill pedestrians — and it’s prompting a call for a similar approach to be adopted across the country.

A congestion pricing mechanism in Singapore. Image: Mike via Flickr

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Study: Congestion Pricing Might Get Drivers Out of SUVs

By Kea Wilson | May 19, 2021 | No Comments

U.S. drivers are buying increasingly huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles.

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20 is Plenty: Org Puts Up $18M for the ‘Speed Vaccine’

By Kea Wilson | May 18, 2021 | No Comments

A massive coalition of global health authorities, government leaders and advocates are calling on communities around the world to inoculate themselves against the other pandemic that’s killing their residents during COVID-19: speeding drivers.

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Bill Would Help Measure Access for Non-Drivers

By Kea Wilson | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

A new bill would give U.S. communities money to analyze how easy — or difficult — it is for residents to access the destinations they need most, and how their mode of transportation, race, income, age, disability, and other factors that impact their basic mobility.

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