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Takin' It to the Streets, Part III
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 12:36pmArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. This episode finds Smith braving the wide-open terrain of Wacker Dr., where "there's very little in the way of ge... read more »
Takin' It to the Streets, Part II: "The Slow Down on State St."
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 1:00amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Journey with Smith along State St., where the built environment informs a slowing effect on all its moving pa... read more »
Saving Lives Through Good Street Design
Submitted by Heather Smith on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 12:02pmLast week's post from Ben Schulman, "Roads Aren't the Problem.
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Takin' It to the Streets, Part I: "Not Too Deadly"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 9:39amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Follow along as Smith catalogs the speed of westbound traffic on Chicago's Adams St.
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Roads Aren't the Problem. It's Hidden Cost and Design.
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 10:00amLet's get certain things out of the way. As much as it may pain some to hear, roads are not the problem. Some esteemed writers have even posited that "yes, we do need to build more roads." It's a loaded statement, out-of-vogue in current urbanist circles, no matter what type of data may back up ... read more »
The Myth of the Gas Tax
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 10:15amThis study from the Texas DOT or TxDOT seeks to challenge the idea that the gas tax pays the entire cost of roads. The methodology they employ is pretty interesting.
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Governing.com; King of the Road
Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 11:35amIn the April Transportation column of Governing.com Alex Marshall discuses and criticizes the tendencies of certain Conservative and Libertarian think tanks.
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Street Connectivity and Crash Safety
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 8:02amThis essay is the first attempt (to the best of my knowledge) to mount a comprehensive counterargument to intersection spacing standards on the grounds of crash safety. Comments and feedback are requested.
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George Will on transportation
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 9:04pmGeorge Will wrote a column at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR200703...
which to some extent parrots the conventional road lobby wisdom. My thoughts on the relevant parts of his column:
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a new argument for the road lobby
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 3:15pmOne argument I've seen a lot of in the media runs as follows: "Even though we've increased road space again and again in city after city, we still haven't done enough because road space has not kept up with vehicle miles traveled." What doesn't smell right about this argument?
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