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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 >Source: Case Studies on Transport Policy
Studies the extent to which a bicycle sharing program is used in combination with urban transit or as a self-standing mode in The Hague, Netherlands.
Read More >Multiple Effects of E-Biking on Older Adults Observational Study
Source: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Studies Flemish and Dutch older adults to examine the effects of starting to e-bike on total and conventional biking frequencies, walking for transport, self-rated health, functionality and life space area.
Read More >European COVID-Era Pop-Up Bike Lanes Increase Cycling Trips Up to 48%
Source: Streetsblog USA
Reports on a study that finds that European cities that installed pop-up protected bike lanes during the early days of the pandemic increased the number of daily cycling trips between 11% and 48%.
Read More >Source: Journal of Transport & Health
Found most people are interested in riding a bike, but only when protected infrastructure is provided.
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