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how walking became a crime
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 4:14pmI just heard an amazing set of presentations by Eric Dumbaugh and Peter Norton (author of a new book, Fighting Traffic). Dumbaugh begin with a statistical table listing causes of pedestrians being killed by cars; nearly every cause somehow showed pedestrians at fault (e.g. jaywalking, pedestr... read more »
Complete Streets or Complete Networks?
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 7:19amThe “complete streets” idea - the concept that streets need to be designed for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists as well as SUVS and fire trucks - has caught on well in recent years. Maybe it’s caught on too well, in fact.
That was one of the messages in the NU 202 session on “Im... read more »
Takin' It to the Streets, Part III
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 1:36pmArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. This episode finds Smith braving the wide-open terrain of Wacker Dr., where "there's very little in the way of ge... read more »
Takin' It to the Streets, Part II: "The Slow Down on State St."
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 2:00amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Journey with Smith along State St., where the built environment informs a slowing effect on all its moving pa... read more »
Takin' It to the Streets, Part I: "Not Too Deadly"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 10:39amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Follow along as Smith catalogs the speed of westbound traffic on Chicago's Adams St.
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'If you don’t have safe streets, all the light rail lines in the world aren’t going to save your city'
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 10:46amEnvironmentalists and urbanists need to broaden our definition of what our movements entail.
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Street Connectivity and Crash Safety
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 9:02amThis essay is the first attempt (to the best of my knowledge) to mount a comprehensive counterargument to intersection spacing standards on the grounds of crash safety. Comments and feedback are requested.
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Maybe a Little Congestion Isn't the Worst Thing That Can Happen
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 4:44pmSometimes it helps when the state department of transportation runs out of money.
That's what Allen Biehler, secretary of transportation for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, seemed to suggest Thursday morning. He was speaking as part of the panel "Putting Traffic in Its Place: Using the New CNU/ITE... read more »