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Washington, DC: Vision for the Future Multimodal K Street

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

DDOT is designing the K Street Transitway to improve on-time bus performance and reliability of the east-west bus routes across the District. K Street NW from 12th Street to 21st Street is a critical component of east-west travel. Existing bus service in this corridor extremely slow, averaging 3 to 5 miles per hour in many segments and creating a bottleneck for routes traveling through downtown. With over 35,000 daily bus passengers moving east or west through downtown, representing approximately 40 percent of people travel on K Street, there is a lot to be gained by making transit work better.

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Tags: D.C., DDOT, District Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Video, Washington, YouTube
Posted in Public Transportation, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Freeways Without Futures: 2019

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Freeway construction was a disaster for city neighborhoods in the 20th Century. Many neighborhoods were divided in two—their main streets demolished and businesses closed, disproportionately in minority communities.

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Tags: CNU, Congress for the New Urbanism, freeways, highways
Posted in Highway, Infra Views, Roads, Smart Growth, Urban Planning

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A Policymaker’s Guide to Road User Charges

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

It is time for Congress to implement a national road user charge (RUC) system to pay for the nation’s surface transportation system. As the congressionally mandated National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Commission stated in its final report to Congress, the ideal funding “framework should cause users and direct beneficiaries to bear the full cost of using the transportation system to the greatest extent possible.”

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Tags: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, ITIF, roader user charge, Tools, User Fees
Posted in Funding, Highway, Infra Views, Roads, Tax

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Delaying the Rebuilding of Our Infrastructure Impacts American Progress

Friday, April 5th, 2019

In this most recent ATM video, a discussion on why infrastructure investment must be a priority for our elected leaders and why Congress must act sooner rather than later.

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Tags: Americans for Transportation Mobility, Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, ATM Coalition, FasterBetterSafer, Highway Trust Fund, NAPA, National Asphalt Pavement Association, South Carolins Asphalt Pavement Association
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Funding, Highway, Public Transportation, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Bike lanes are not good enough

Friday, March 29th, 2019

If we want more people to bike, we have to build better bike infrastructure, and the good news is that this is starting to happen here in the US, believe it or not. But we need to make this happen faster.

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Tags: bike infrastructure, Bike Lanes, City Beautiful, Cycling, Rethinking Streets for Bikes, safety
Posted in Biking, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Utah DOT: The Story Behind the Kanab Deer Crossings

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

UDOT teamed up with DWR, Arizona Fish & Game, and local hunters to build underpasses outside of Kanab, Utah to protect drivers and the prized Paunsaugunt deer herd. To learn more about the project and its success check out the video.

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Tags: Deer Crossings, UDOT, UT, Utah, Utah Department of Transportation, wildlife
Posted in Highway, Local, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability

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Automated Vehicle Survey: Three in Four Americans Remain Afraid of Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

A year after a number of high-profile automated vehicle incidents, American attitudes toward fully self-driving cars have not rebounded. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey found that 71 percent of people are afraid to ride in fully self-driving vehicles – indicating that overall sentiment has not yet returned to what it was prior to these incidents occurring (63 percent). AAA believes the key to helping consumers feel more comfortable with fully self-driving vehicles will be bridging the gap between the perception of automated vehicle technology and the reality of how it actually works in today’s cars.

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Tags: AAA, Automated Vehicles, Self Driving Cars
Posted in Highway, Infra Views, Roads, Technology

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Modernizing Michigan’s Transportation System

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

A decade after suffering a significant economic downturn, Michigan is recovering, with its population and economy growing and vehicle travel increasing in response to the growth. But the state’s rate of recovery could be slowed if Michigan is not able to provide a modern, well-maintained transportation system. The pace of economic growth, which will be greatly impacted by the reliability and condition of the state’s transportation system, continues to have a significant impact on quality of life in the Great Lakes State.

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Tags: MI, Michigan, TRIP
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Highway, Infra Views, Local, Roads

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Cheddar Explains: A Flaw in Street Design May Be Costing Lives

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

In 2017 traffic deaths hit a 25 year high of 40,000 – 6,000 of those killed were pedestrians. Cities across the country are trying to reduce traffic fatalities with safety campaigns. But one of the keys to the whole problem might be in the very design of our streets. Cheddar explains…

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Tags: Cheddar, Cheddar Explains, Pedestrian Deaths, Pedestrians, safety, Video, YouTube
Posted in Equity, Highway, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Urban Planning

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Congestion Relief in Portland, OR: Parts 1-6

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Portland’s freeways have been getting more and more crowded. Just how bad is detailed in two new reports. Solutions are out there, but aren’t easy or cheap.

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Tags: OR, Oregon, Oregon DOT, Portland
Posted in Biking, Congestion, Highway, Local, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Archive for the ‘Roads’ Category

Washington, DC: Vision for the Future Multimodal K Street

Freeways Without Futures: 2019

A Policymaker’s Guide to Road User Charges

Delaying the Rebuilding of Our Infrastructure Impacts American Progress

Bike lanes are not good enough

Utah DOT: The Story Behind the Kanab Deer Crossings

Automated Vehicle Survey: Three in Four Americans Remain Afraid of Fully Self-Driving Vehicles

Modernizing Michigan’s Transportation System

Cheddar Explains: A Flaw in Street Design May Be Costing Lives

Congestion Relief in Portland, OR: Parts 1-6

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