Traffic will never be fixed here: The benefits of the diverging diamond, and why it's still not enough to fix traffic
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Chicago built 50+ miles of new bike lanes, increasing cyclists by 119% and dramatically reducing fatal collisions
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Why eight Tokyo minutes from office to metro is too long – The city is seeing a boom in commercial construction but labour scarcity has made location a critical concern for companies
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Atlanta Beltline Partnership receives $8 million gift for Westside Bike Park
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NHTSA proposes new vehicle safety standard to better protect pedestrians
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Lessons from the golden age of the mall walkers
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Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16%
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The tactile road crossing map is not just a feature that sets Swedish pedestrian signal boxes apart, it's also the first and original design of its kind
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Would you walk further to a bus stop that had faster service?
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The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars
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Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, US study finds
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You don't need a license to walk
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GM's Cruise recalling 950 driverless cars after pedestrian dragged in US crash
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Public health experts say narrow lanes should be the default on US city streets
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Study: Yes, SUVs are deadlier than sedans — but on fast arterials, pedestrians die no matter what
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US pedestrian deaths are soaring. Is it time to ban right turns on red lights?
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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future.
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American cities don't take sidewalks seriously, costing pedestrians their lives and communities
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The insane ways traffic engineers try to make streets "safe" for walking
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Human operator pleads guilty in first ever US self-driving pedestrian fatality case
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If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity
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New York City announces major public space and transit improvements for Downtown Brooklyn
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US pedestrian deaths reach forty-year high
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Bergen is gearing up to open the world's longest purpose-built pedestrian and bicycle tunnel – 2.9km tunnel takes 30-45 minutes to walk through
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Today, Brussels breaks up with the car
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Just another pedestrian killed
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Why Barcelona looks weird
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Sidewalk robots get legal rights as "pedestrians"
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The bewildering architecture of indoor cities
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Climate change won't stop while America hates trains and walking
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Utrecht: Planning for people and bikes, not for cars
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New York City aims to open up 100 miles of streets to pedestrians during crisis
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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
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Bjarke Ingels Group and WXY reimagine downtown Brooklyn
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Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019 – reducing the number of cars reduced the number of traffic fatalities
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Only two road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Norway in 2019, making it the best-performing country for road safety
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Self-driving Uber vehicle that killed woman in March 2018 could not detect jaywalking pedestrians
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Today is Car-Free Sunday in Brussels
It's car free Sunday here in Belgium and the streets are a treat to navigate. Cycling is actually slower than usual since there are so many people constantly on the streets, many of them...
It's car free Sunday here in Belgium and the streets are a treat to navigate. Cycling is actually slower than usual since there are so many people constantly on the streets, many of them pedestrians or roller skaters.
But it's .. safe. Nice. Breathable. Not that Brussels isn't those things normally but today more than usual.
Some photos here: https://twitter.com/Adys/status/1175756235733438464
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Aarhus on Monday introduced Viking-style traffic lights at seventeen locations in the city
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Blasting work has started in Bergen on building the longest bicycle and pedestrian tunnel in the world
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Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?
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Can car-crazy Dallas learn to love bikes?
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In car-choked Brussels, the pedestrians are winning
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Pedestrian deaths reach highest level in decades, US report says
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Dear male cyclists, lose the attitude
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Five rules for designing more walkable cities
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Desire paths: The illicit trails that defy the urban planners
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‘Would that all journeys were on foot’: writers on the joy of walking. Will Self, Fran Lebowitz, Helen Garner and others share their love letters to urban pedestrianism
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Bangladesh students attacked during Dhaka protest for road safety
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America's boulevards of death
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