Are We There Yet? 'Smart Mobility' Options
May 7, 2013
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Editor's Note: There are many ways to weave walking, biking, and transit into a seamless tapestry of transportation choices and today's excerpt from Are We There Yet? examines some of the myriad smartphone apps and other efforts that are creating the safe and pleasant connections to transit opportunities that are critical in order to give people more choices for getting around.
Visit the Are We There Yet? home The growing demand for more safe and pleasant environments for walking, biking and taking transit is being aided by transportation engineers like Dan Sturges, who are focused on making it easier for people to get to and from transit stations and bus stops — the so-called “first mile/last mile” connection. Because so many neighborhoods have been built to accommodate the automobile — with wide streets, deep lots and long distances between things — it isn’t always easy to get to stations, and there’s…
Visit the Are We There Yet? home The growing demand for more safe and pleasant environments for walking, biking and taking transit is being aided by transportation engineers like Dan Sturges, who are focused on making it easier for people to get to and from transit stations and bus stops — the so-called “first mile/last mile” connection. Because so many neighborhoods have been built to accommodate the automobile — with wide streets, deep lots and long distances between things — it isn’t always easy to get to stations, and there’s…
Using MAP-21 to Strengthen Rural Communities
February 28, 2013
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In January, Transportation for America released Making the Most of MAP-21, a 109-page handbook that explains the many changes in federal transportation policy — positive and negative — and outlines how local officials and advocates can help get involved and urge states to make sure that MAP-21 — Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century — money is used for the priorities of local communities. On Feb. 27, Transportation for America held a webinar focused on helping rural communities to take advantage of the MAP-21 changes. Among the speakers was Reconnecting America's President and CEO John Robert Smith.
Health Care Savings From Walking, Biking & Riding Transit
July 19, 2012
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A 2007 study that estimates the impact that a healthy lifestyle that includes light rail transit ridership will have on health care costs has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
A Citizen’s Guide to Context Sensitive Solutions for Better Transportation
July 16, 2012
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"Going the Distance Together: A Citizen’s Guide to Context Sensitive Solutions for Better Transportation," originally released in September 2011, has been added to the Resource Center best practices database. The report, a National Cooperative Highway Research Program document, explains how to become a full collaborator in all aspects of transportation planning, from national, state, and local policy to operations and maintenance. The guidebook provides context-sensitive solutions (CSS), a consensus-building process.
The Colorado Mile Markers: A Report for Kaiser Permanente, Colorado
June 27, 2012
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A May, 2012, report on promoting active transportion -- walking, biking -- commissioned by Kaiser Permanente Colorado has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Benchmarking America's Efforts To Promote Bicycling And Walking
February 2, 2012
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Alliance for Biking & Walking's 2012 report "Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Nathan Landau's Car-Free Los Angeles
November 30, 2011
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Have you ever gone to a city and wondered where to go to eat or drink? You might pull out your iPhone and search for restaurants but it might be hard to get to the good ones. Well at least in one city there is a handy go to guide to finding your way to those special spots without a car. It happens to be in Los Angeles.
Model Design Manual for Living Streets
October 11, 2011
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Los Angeles County's new Model Design Manual for Living Streets has been added to the best practices database in the Research Center.
Norm Garrick - A Good Transportation System Minimizes Unnecessary Transportation
August 2, 2011
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Norm Garrick discusses the importance of Walk Score, the Lessons of Lewis Mumford and how a good transportation system actually minimizes unnecessary transportation.
Mike Lydon - Different Types of Bike Riders
June 20, 2011
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The streets have been so dangerous for so long that until recently only a certain type of cyclist was brave enough to ride them. In order to get more people to use bikes as a main transportation mode, we need to design streets and cycleways with the other riders in mind. In this interview from CNU 19 in Madison, Mike Lydon of the Street Plans Collaborative discusses the who makes up the different types of riders that ride the streets.
