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fromFast Company
5 days agoThe safest intersection on Earth (and why half the infrastructure profession hates it)
The roundabout question Roundabouts are one of the many Planner vs. Engineer debates, and it happens to be a very important issue where emotions cloud good judgment. As much as I criticize the engineering profession, they are generally correct on this one. But that wasn't always the case. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the status quo transportation engineering community believed wholeheartedly that roundabouts were not only good, but were silly, dangerous, would lead
Environment
fromsfist.com
3 weeks agoSFMTA to Install Speed Reduction Devices at 141 Sites as It Begins Fulfilling Backlog of Requests
As NBC Bay Area reports, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency will begin honoring its blacklog of speed-reduction requests next week as part of its popular Residential Traffic Calming Program, which was listed as a priority in the recently signed Street Safety Act, per Walk San Francisco. Launched in 2001, the program collects feedback from communities where speeding is a concern. Per the Frisc, the queue for the program currently consists of hundreds of applications dating back to 2021.
San Francisco
Brooklyn
fromStreetsblog
1 month agoBikelashers Beware! Court Street Redesign Has Turned Chaos to Safety - Streetsblog New York City
A 1.3-mile protected bike lane on Court Street removed a travel lane, provided a safer cycling connection, and reduced a major cut-through danger on a previously hazardous thoroughfare.
SF politics
fromStreetsblog
3 months agoFriday Video: An 'Oh the Urbanity'/Streetfilms Montreal Mashup - Streetsblog USA
Montreal combines expanding protected bike networks, traffic-calmed streets, long open public spaces, and fast, expanding transit, enabling easy travel by biking, walking, and train.
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