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Only One Percent of Land in America’s 35 Largest Cities Is Walkable
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Summarizes key statistics about walkability in cities and its multiple impacts via a 1:23 minute video.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Provides an example of how local governments and State DOTs can address safety needs prior to and during the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and combine improving the safety of the multimodal environment with environmental justice and environmental remediation.
Read More >Source: CitiesToday
Explains the need for common ways of measuring the sustainability of e-scooters through life cycle assessments to appraise environmental performance and provides cases studies from four cities.
Read More >Trails and Resilience: Review of the Role of Trails in Climate Resilience and Emergency Response
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes seven programs and funding sources to improve transportation infrastructure resilience, including investments to improve trails.
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus Rapid Transit and High-Priority Bus Corridors
Source: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Examines the state of practice in bus transit corridor planning, design, and construction in relation to pedestrian and bicyclist safety, public health, and equity, with a focus on dedicated bus lanes.
Read More >Source: Equitable Cities, Washington Area Bicyclist Association, StreetPlans
Acknowledges the barriers to bicycling that marginalized groups face and provides national and international case studies of cities, organizations, and community groups leading initiatives to increase bicycle ridership among underserved groups and achieve bike equity.
Read More >Source: Equitable Cities
Reviews transportation-related laws, policies, and practices concerning walking, cycling, and e-scooter use that limit mobility, opportunity, and access for Black Americans and other people of color.
Read More >Source: National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)
Shares the final three working papers in a series on new bikeway design guidance.
Read More >Tech Brief: Developing Crash Modification Factors for Separated Bike Lanes
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Summarizes a project that evaluates the safety effect for various on-street bicycle facilities, with a focus on the feasibility of developing a crash modification factor for the placement of separated bike lanes/
Read More >Tech Brief: Safety Evaluations of Innovative Intersection Designs for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Summarizes a project that investigates the operational and safety improvements of innovative intersection retrofitting designs that benefit pedestrians and bicyclists while maintaining a reasonable service to motor vehicles.
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