STUDY: City Visitors Who Use E-scooters More Spend More
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While e-scooters may offer a low-carbon option for post-COVID tourism, do these schemes benefit tourist cities? One Australian study explores.
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Not So Fast: Why Slower Is Often Better
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Conventional planning tends to overvalue speed and undervalue other goals, resulting in a less efficient and equitable transportation system than travelers prefer. Here's why we need to change it.
How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds
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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.
Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding
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Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.
Study: Police Aren't Deterring Texting Drivers Much
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An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
How Bad Might the Post-Pandemic Carpocalypse Be?
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Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 42 minutes each way in San Francisco! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.