Diana Ionescu wrote:
Grand Rapids, Minnesota became the first rural U.S. community to test an autonomous shuttle system with the launch of a fleet of five Toyota Sienna vans equipped with autonomous driving technology by May Mobility.
According to an article by H. Jiahong Pan in the Daily Yonder, “These vans took to the roa...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
“A Statistics Canada survey found that 66% of people who cycle or walk to work are ‘very satisfied’ with their commutes. However, only 32% of car commuters say the same, and for public transit users, it’s even less, at just 25%. Just 6% of Canadian cyclists say they are ‘dissatisfied’ with their...
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Kea Wilson wrote:
A Indiana city famous for installing hundreds of roundabouts on its roads was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the hotly debated design, a new study finds — and researchers think more cities should consider “going round,” too.
In a new analysis...
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Jay Stange wrote:
The Twin Cities are plenty big enough to support healthy transit ridership, but as it turns out, size doesn’t matter in transit. On last week’s Strong Towns Podcast, Jason Slaughter from Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn sat down to talk about what America keeps getting wrong about public transit...
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Todd Litman wrote:
Automobiles receive the vast majority of transportation funding: about 85 percent of spending by departments of transportation is devoted to roadways—about 95 percent if we also consider expenditures by businesses on government-mandated parking facilities.
This made driving easier and other forms of travel worse. As a result, most North American communities ar...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
“In recent months, shared micromobility companies like Bird, Lime and Lyft have rapidly expanded their products in small and midsized markets with populations ranging from 2,500 to over 150,000,” reports Austyn Gaffney in Smart Cities Dive. Despite the backlash to micromobility from some community groups concerned about safety and parking, industry stalwar...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
When asked about his decision to move from Atlanta to Boise, Keane tells Prentice, “If you look at American cities in the way they've grown over the past 50 or 60 years, the pattern is very similar. The scale is different. But in Boise, the question that intrigues me is, ‘Can w...
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James Brasuell wrote:
The benefits of e-bike incentive programs are measured in Vehicle Miles Traveled and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. “Early research has shown that 62 percent of North American e-bike trips replace a journey that would have otherwise been taken in a car, and access to e-bike share alone can reduce a city residents’ automobile mileage b...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
Amanda Zhou reports on the success of Seattle’s electric scooter pilot program, which allowed four private companies to operate scooters in the city starting in September 2020. “Over 1.4 million trips were taken by 260,000 riders during the pilot program between September 2020 and October 2021, with the initial fleet size o...
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Kea Wilson wrote:
Installing asphalt art on roads and intersection can cut crashes between motorists and other road users by a staggering 50 percent, a new study finds — and the experts behind it say its time for policymakers to treat this life-saving traffic-safety treatment as more than just a frill.
In a new report fro...
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