TEMP TAG TUESDAY: See How Easy it is to Buy a Fake New Jersey License Plate!
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Today, we start a new feature, featuring me buying illegal temp tags.
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DOT Rolls Out New Tech To Better Analyze How People Move on City Streets
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The sensors could help resolve misallocations of public space, where cars often get the bulk of room despite being outnumbered by pedestrians or cyclists.
For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report
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A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.
Study: SUV Drivers Cause 55% More Injuries To Bicyclists They Hit
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Bicyclists who are struck by SUV drivers endure significantly more severe injuries — particularly to the head — than those struck by the drivers of smaller cars.
What It Takes To Successfully Sue Over a Defective Bike Lane
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Mike Bagg won a million dollars after a defective bike lane caused him to crash. But he won't actually see all of that money — and neither will the countless cyclists who get in crashes just like his every day.
State Bill Seeks to Alter Environmental Review So it Doesn’t Only Care About Drivers
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Shouldn't environmental review take into account the effect of cars on the environment rather than the other way around?
Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs
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The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.
New Academic Study Bolsters Streetsblog’s March (Parking) Madness: Cops Degrade Neighborhoods
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Our March (Parking) Madness contest just got its Ph.D.!
Cyclist Deaths Soared in the First Three Months of 2023, On Pace for Worst Year in History
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"We're alarmed by the increase in bike riders killed in traffic violence so far this year," said Transportation Alternatives.
SPRING TORRENTS: Subway and Rail Ridership is Up (But Everyone Still Hates Mondays)
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Subway and commuter rail ridership is up — but straphangers are still shying away from the office on Mondays and Fridays.
Talking Headways Podcast: Caretakers of the Public Realm
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This week we’re joined by Andrew Jones, program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep them vibrant and engaging. It's really important.
Traffic Studies Are ‘Junk Science’ — Yet Planners, Courts Rely on Them Anyway
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Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could change.