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The city has launched Vision Zero Action Plan, a yearlong, $110,000 effort to collect and disseminate data on crashes, lower speed limits and redesign streets to calm traffic. Last year, 74 people died from car crashes.
Peak commute time has long ruled our lives, our cities, our tax dollars. But it doesn’t have to.
New Albany bike/pedestrian plan unveiled with a focus on equity FacebookTwitterEmail A man rides a bicycle along the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail at the Corning Preserve on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union ALBANY— The city’s long anticipated bike and pedestrian plan was unveiled by Mayor Kathy Sheehan, local officials, and alternative transportation advocates on Friday, which is Bike to Work Day. The master plan recommends over 40 miles of bicycle boulevards, 30 miles of protected bike lanes, and approximately 20 miles of ...
WHYY By A passenger boards a SEPTA bus on Market Street near City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY) SEPTA is gearing up for a revolution — a Bus Revolution. The transit authority, Wednesday, launched its long-awaited comprehensive bus network redesign with a name to reflect the grand ambitions of the $25 million overhaul. “We’re taking a complete blank slate look at SEPTA’s bus network, making sure that the bus routes are going to the right places at the right time and carrying and operating as efficiently and effectively as possible,” said Bethany Whitaker, project manager and principal at Nel...
Commentary: Salt Lake City should expand definition of public safety to include street design Reducing the speed of cars is the most effective way to keep city streets safe. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Bicyclist rides along Salt Lake City's separated bikeway along 300 East and 700 South. By Luke Garrott, Taylor W. Anderson and Benjamin Wood | Special to The Tribune | April 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m. It’s spring. The pandemic’s lifting. People of all ages and abilities are out strolling, biking, running, rolling, while enjoying the fragrant, warming mountain air. And they’re more...