The Hub 5/18/18: Clean Air Council’s Weekly Round-Up of Transportation News

“The Hub” is a weekly round-up of transportation related news in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Check back weekly to keep up to date on the issues Clean Air Council’s transportation staff finds important.

 

PlanPhilly: 11 cyclists are dead and the city has done nothing, mourners say at silent ride– Philadelphia’s 14th annual Ride of Silence took place Wednesday evening. Nearly 200 cyclists braved the rain to show their support for safer streets for cyclists. Friends and family of people who have been killed, and people who were seriously injured on bikes were among the crowd demanding something be done to stop the tragedies that happen when cyclists do not have adequate infrastructure.

 

Mobility Lab: Did the Flintstones invent transportation demand management? – The Flintstones and the Rubbles are often seen carpooling, biking, and walking around Bedrock. Without incentives to use more efficient forms of transportation, such as gas prices and parking problems, they simply did what was natural.

 

StreetsBlog: 20 MPH Speed Limits Might Become the New Normal in Scotland – The “20’s Plenty” movement has advocated for 20mph speed limits across the UK since the early 2000’s. Scotland’s Parliament is now considering maximum speeds of 20mph in cities, towns, and villages. Reduction in speed is the easiest way to make streets safer, allowing pedestrians and cyclists more equitable access to streets.

 

CityLab: Paris Gets Serious About Free Transit – The Mayor of Paris has commissioned studies exploring free transit within the Paris metro area. Paris has already made bold moves away from car-centrism, investing heavily in pedestrian infrastructure and banning diesel vehicles from the city center. This move would create a free transit zone that serves a metro of 11 million, easily making it the largest in the world.

 

Next City: These Are The Most Bikeable Cities in America – Real estate company Redfin has been calculating Bike Scores for cities across the US since 2012. Taking into account census commuter data and some aspects of bike infrastructure, Minneapolis has been at the top of the list for years.  The correlation between miles of bike lanes and number of bike commuters is very telling. With improved infrastructure comes a larger modeshare for cycling.

 

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