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14 Jun 2024
Transit-friendly traffic signal timing can reduce @mbta Bus 39 delay by 90% at two South Huntington Av intersections, per a study by @natdave_ and me. Average bus delay falls from 44 s to 4 s (not a typo). Average pedestrian delay from 47 s to 18 s. @BostonBTD
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14 Jun 2024
How? (1) Transit signal priority (green extension); but that alone only achieves 25% of the benefit. (2) New timing plans with concurrent crossings and much lower cycles. (3) Far-side stops; TSP can't work with near-side. (4) A very short left turn pocket so buses can get by.
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Peter G Furth retweeted
17 Oct 2020
Upright configuration (which gives riders a better view of nearby car traffic) and with lights and fenders included (automatically) at point-of-sale: it's *deeply* frustrating how hard it is to buy an inexpensive bike like this in the U.S.
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27 Jan 2024
Anyone else notice that most (12 of 20) of these award winners are 2-way cycle tracks or shared use paths along one side of a road, versus 8 that are one-way cycle tracks on either side of the road?
26 Jan 2024
From bustling cities to small towns, communities from coast to coast amplified their commitment to better biking with an unprecedented surge in safer, more comfortable places to ride in 2023. @PeopleForBikes shares 20 of America's best.
usa.streetsblog.org/2024/01/…
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7 Jun 2023
“Detroit has installed about 10,000 speed humps in the last 5 years,” reports a local ITE member in the ITE Listserv. Wow! There’s a revolution going on!
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Peter G Furth retweeted
28 Mar 2023
NEW SHORT PAPER BY YOURS TRULY
*Bringing NEPA Back to Basics*
A lot of our problems with permitting would be solved if we simply followed NEPA the statute and not NEPA the implementing regulations.
I propose we simplify.
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UPDATE: The zoo loop trail is now open from 7 AM to 7 PM. It will remain so until daylight savings time in autumn.
Thank you to everyone who took action to make this step happen. Next step, we would love to see these hours become permanent.
The newly repaved and reopened Zoo Loop Trail is beautiful but the current 5PM closing time has got to go!
Join us in encouraging the National Zoo to update the hours to prioritize residents’ access and safety!
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24 Mar 2023
Slow zones make Blue Line slower than a bike. People’s time matters!
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22 Feb 2023
If people can ski when it’s cold, why not ride a bike?
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15 Feb 2023
Todd, it’s wonderful! Thank you! I rode it today, watched others ride. And that bike lane is only 5 ft wide. Proves that any bike lane next to a curb can become a protected bike lane. People wanna know: How will they clear snow?
14 Feb 2023
Glad to see one of my last initiatives completed in @TownofBrookline Is it perfect, no. Is it safer than dealing with constantly double parked cars & trucks, oh yeah.
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Peter G Furth retweeted
1 Feb 2023
“The way we will most substantially impact congestion in Boston is by reducing the percentage of trips that have to take place in a car,” -@jfh. “And one of the most critical ways we can do that is by building streets that are safer.”
w/ @samanthajgross bostonglobe.com/2023/02/01/m…
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30 Jan 2023
The folly of near-side bus stops in a new exclusive bus lane. The bus stops, passengers alight and push button to cross. Bus is then stuck for 25 s as pedestrian phase runs. It makes no sense to give buses priority in space without also building in priority in time.
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30 Jan 2023
Amory and New Minton: Centerline hardening installed about a year ago, but there have still been crashes, as traffic volume shot up due to Columbus Av bus lanes / road diet. So, brand new all way Stop! Vision Zero at work.
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27 Jan 2023
Another 2-tiered corner island in Silver Spring, this one with temporary materials. Cars go around the yellow rubber sloped curb while long vehicles can overrun it. Brilliant.
Here, we can see two drivers turn slowly from Cameron onto Fenton.
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27 Jan 2023
Brilliant 2-tiered corner island design in Silver Spring MD. The lower tier (apron) has a 1 in. curb reveal and 2% cross slope and has proven effective at keeping cars off, forcing them to turn sharply & slowly, while long vehicles (which always turn slowly) can traverse.
Our concrete islands have an stamped concrete apron and a raised brick area.
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13 Jan 2023
Sweet advisory bike lanes, Tennessee Ave in DC. Centerline removed, except short bits at Stop signs so stopped cars don’t block entry. Low stress bicycling.
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