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Delivery Cyborg Pushed Off Toronto, Canada Streets Over Safety and Accessibility Concerns
Source: Treehugger
Reports that 10-pound delivery cyborgs (a robot-like machine piloted remotely by a human using a computer and a joystick) are banned from Toronto, Canada streets.
Read More >Source: Next City
Reports on crashes resulting in deaths or serious injuries at six roadways i Austin, TX.
Read More >Caltrans and MassDOT Require Road Projects to Serve All Modes
Source: State Smart Transportation Initiative
Reports on state DOT policy changes in CA and MA that have formalized Complete Streets policies to create safe, multimodal corridors in design processes.
Read More >Miami Beach, FL: Limited Car Traffic to Return, Adds Bike and Ped Facilities
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Reports that during the pandemic, Miami Beach turned its Ocean Drive into a car-free zone allowing more space for people to walk and roll and expanded restaurant seating.
Read More >Washington DC: Law Makes Employers Pay Workers Who Don’t Drive
Source: Streetsblog USA
Reports on a Washington DC law that requires employers of 20 or more workers to provide cash to workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits.
Read More >San Francisco, CA: E-Scooter Program for People with Disabilities
Source: Next City
Reports that Bird is expanding a pilot to make adaptive e-scooters and e-wheelchairs available for shared use on San Francisco streets.
Read More >New York City, NY: Court Orders 9,000 Crosswalk Upgrades for Blind Pedestrians
Source: Route Fifty
Reports that a federal court has ordered New York City to upgrade 9,000 crossings over the next decade after disability advocates sued, citing 97% of the city’s intersections with visual “walk” and “don’t walk” signals did not have technology for blind or low-
Read More >Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Suggests that requiring property owners to repair broken sidewalks when they sell could fix half of the broken walkways in Los Angeles, CA by 2034. Roughly 40% of 10,750 miles of sidewalk in Los Angeles are broken.
Read More >E-Cars Not the Only Answer for Reducing Carbon Emissions: E-Bikes Overlooked
Source: Treehugger
Reports that from any basis of comparison—speed of rollout, cost, equity, safety, the space taken for driving or parking, embodied carbon or operating energy—e-bikes beat e-cars for most people, however,
Read More >Source: The Atlantic
Describes how the trend toward heavier and taller SUVs and pickup trucks is more likely to cause serious injury or death to pedestrians, bicyclists, and wheelchair users.
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