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Counting Bikes at the Manhattan Bridge With DOT’s New Totem (and Streetfilms)
Where would you like to see a bike counter along your route?
July 17, 2018
Free Roads and the Symphony of Destruction on Varick Street
“If you’re looking for the place that shows the failure of New York City to have any sort of traffic management policy, this is the spot.”
July 16, 2018
How Seville Handles Where Bus Stops and Protected Bike Lanes Meet
This short video shows how Seville thought through the problem of making bus riders and cyclists visible to each other at bus stops.
July 5, 2018
How Seville Built Its Bicycle Network
As recently as 2006, almost no one in Seville got around by bicycle. The city's bike network was nearly non-existent. Today, Seville has an expansive bike network and is approaching 10 percent bicycle mode share.
July 2, 2018
London’s Aldgate Square Goes From Stressful Traffic Circle to Great Public Space
London has embarked on an ongoing quest to remake its busiest districts with high-quality public space, taking real estate that used to belong to cars and designing areas where people come first and drivers behave accordingly. The Aldgate project is the latest example.
June 25, 2018
A Street Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Boston’s Newest Bus Lane
When Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Transportation Department converted a parking lane on Washington Street into a pilot bus lane during the morning rush hour, travel time improvements were noticeable immediately.
June 7, 2018
Ride the New Connect Historic Boston Bike Trail
Protected bike lanes are becoming more common in many U.S. cities, and this one in Boston is a fine addition that will hopefully lead to even better things.
June 1, 2018
Why Does 8th Avenue Have 6 Lanes for Cars While People Are Crammed in the Margins?
Clarence Eckerson and Mark Gorton are back in Midtown, where sidewalks are too narrow to accommodate pedestrian traffic.
May 14, 2018
The Penn Station Pedestrian Crush Is as Chaotic and Dangerous as Ever
A DOT project announced a year ago to widen Seventh Avenue sidewalks from 42nd Street to 34th Street has not materialized.
May 10, 2018
Streetfilms: Jackson Heights Remembers Giovanni Ampuero and Calls for a Safer Northern Boulevard
There are too many funerals for children killed by drivers on Northern Boulevard.
May 8, 2018
