Posts about Italy
No tram; build a real subway: Residents of Florence voted narrowly against a new streetcar (or, as they say in Europe, tram). But it wasn't because they oppose the cost; opponents want a subway instead. (i-ITALY, Michael P) (Comment)
The wheels on the bus go... away: To fight obesity, pollution, and traffic, an Italian town has replaced its school buses with volunteers and paid staff leading groups of schoolchildren along the old bus routes. Could this program even work here in the States, what with the abysmal pedestrian conditions along many school bus routes? (New York Times, Adam S.) (Comment)
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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- DC's divide need not be black and white
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10:00 am Bike-ped safety enforcement hearing
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6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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