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How will cities be shaped by transit in the future?
We constructed four future scenarios of transit in cities, speculating how forces like gas prices and city politics might change the way we move.
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A new study of data from Lyon's bike-share system could help planners
The hugely popular Velo'v bike-share system is providing a source for hard data on bicycling, having to do with travel times and routes.
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Why you love the places you live, in your own words
Last week I put out a question to you, dear readers: Why do you love the place you live? The response from you was immediate and tremendous.
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While climate talks drag on, cities must adapt or die
In cities like Norfolk, Va., rising sea levels are not a hypothesis -- they're an unpleasant reality that has to be dealt with, now.
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‘The science of public transit is not too complicated’
Don't habit, social pressure, perceptions about what's pleasant and safe all affect which mode of transport people choose?
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Why do you love the place you live? We want to know
Tell us what makes you care about the place you live, or the place where you grow up. We'll publish your responses.
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Confessions of a recovering engineer
Taking highway standards and applying them to urban and suburban streets costs us thousands of lives every year.
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Find out where your city is most walkable with Walk Score's new heat maps
Walk Score rolled out new heat maps for the 2,500 largest American cities, providing a quick way to get a sense of where cities are most walkable.
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Moscow's transportation policy makes even Republican plans look okay
Newly elected Republican leaders may be blocking passenger-rail plans in Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey and wishing it were the 1950s in Congressional transportation planning, but at least we're doing better than Moscow.
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Bicycle safety by the numbers
A new study of injury rates among Portland bike commuters suggests we could do more to make bicycling safe, starting with simple infrastructure fixes.
