SLOWING TRAFFIC TO A TARGET SPEED: How To Make Our Streets Safer
TweetWe’ve all seen the graph: a person hit by a car going 40 miles per hour (mph) has an 85% chance of being killed. Reducing the speed to 30 mph cuts the odds of death in half; reducing speed to 20...
View ArticleEFFECTIVE AND DEMOCRATIC CITY (AND TRANSPORTATION) PLANNING: Neither Top-Down...
TweetThe Human Scale is a wonderful movie based on the powerful insights and work of progressive urban planner, Jan Gehl; it’s now available in CD format. Everyone who loves cities should see it. In...
View ArticleMASS PIKE EXITS: Master Key for Unlocking Boston Roads from Esplanade to Allston
TweetIn real life there are no magic wands whose waving causes all problems to disappear, no magic pill that makes everything better. But sometimes there are Master Keys that open a series of...
View ArticleSTEERING THE ORGANIZATION: Using Decision-Point Criteria to Achieve Goals
TweetMassDOT is legitimately proud of its progressive policies about creating a sustainable, multi-modal transportation system. But the transfer from policy to facts on the ground has been very uneven...
View ArticleCHARLES RIVER BRIDGES FALL OFF THE SCHEDULE: State Needs To Find Funds...
TweetWhile work on the Longfellow and Anderson bridges is moving forward, plans for repairing and upgrading the in-between River Street and Western Avenue bridges and the messed-up intersections...
View ArticleMOVING BEYOND CAR LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS): Measurable and Meaningful Criteria...
TweetScaled from A to F like an elementary school report card, automobile Level of Service (LOS) metrics are easy to measure and easy to understand. LOS is, essentially, the average amount of delay...
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