Posts tagged Complete Streets
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With Prince George’s County leading the region in traffic fatalities, bill seeks to codify safety
If it passes, the Walkable Urban Streets Act will codify bike and pedestrian safety standards for county-controlled roads in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Keep reading…
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Inclusionary zombies? Check out these urban planning Halloween costumes
This Halloween, urbanist Twitter in DC and across the country poked fun at confusing parking signs, celebrated the upcoming opening of the Silver Line extension, and embodied (literally) the desire for more bus and bike lanes. Keep reading…
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European cities boosted cycling with pop-up bike lanes during the pandemic
A study found that European cities that installed pop-up bike lanes during the pandemic saw large increases in cycling. Could US cities do the same? Keep reading…
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Baltimore looks to right-size Druid Park Lake Drive
A too-large road that has cut Baltimore communities off from parkland and services could finally get a road diet. Keep reading…
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Hopewell, VA’s complete streets overhaul shows small towns can be urbanist too
The successes and setbacks of creating safer streetscapes in big cities dominate our imagination, but many corners of small town America are quietly undergoing a complete streets transformation as well. The compact street grids of smaller cities like Hopewell, Virginia that developed before the advent of the automobile represent low-hanging fruit in the fight for safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities. Keep reading…
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Can Baltimore’s Complete Streets Manual change how Charm City uses its roads?
Thanks to a new design manual inspired by legislation almost three years in the making, the biggest changes set to come to Baltimore’s streets in the near future might have less to do with any specific plans for the vehicles on those streets than with the streets themselves. Keep reading…
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Hopewell, VA’s complete streets overhaul shows small towns can be urbanist too
The successes and setbacks of creating safer streetscapes in big cities dominate our imagination, but many corners of small town America are quietly undergoing a complete streets transformation as well. The compact street grids of smaller cities like Hopewell, Virginia that developed before the advent of the automobile represent low-hanging fruit in the fight for safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities. Keep reading…
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Norfolk hopes to turn the tide on its transit
After years of stagnating ridership, Norfolk hopes to rejuvenate its transit system by modeling it after the City of Richmond’s successful bus system update. Norfolk is hoping to attract more people to its bus networks and expand its light rail system to be more useful to riders throughout the Hampton Roads region. Keep reading…
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These “road diets” would make streets safer and barely affect traffic. Why do people oppose them?
Recently, some local projects to calm traffic and increase safety for all road users have been met with a surprising amount of resistence. Worse, regional officials seem to be prioritizing voices of opposition over actual studies, and it’s keeping our communities unsafe. So what can these incidents tell us? Keep reading…
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Despite new bike lanes, Reston will still have some big gaps
Fairfax County proposed new bike lanes for South Lakes Drive in Reston this spring. Now the county has the final plans for where they'll go. It's definitely an improvement, but the plan still has some pretty major disadvantages for both cyclists and drivers Keep reading…