More International Resources Examples
San Francisco, CA: E-Scooter Program for People with Disabilities
Source: Next City
Reports that Bird is expanding a pilot to make adaptive e-scooters and e-wheelchairs available for shared use on San Francisco streets.
Read More >New York City, NY: Court Orders 9,000 Crosswalk Upgrades for Blind Pedestrians
Source: Route Fifty
Reports that a federal court has ordered New York City to upgrade 9,000 crossings over the next decade after disability advocates sued, citing 97% of the city’s intersections with visual “walk” and “don’t walk” signals did not have technology for blind or low-
Read More >Source: Bloomberg CityLab
Suggests that requiring property owners to repair broken sidewalks when they sell could fix half of the broken walkways in Los Angeles, CA by 2034. Roughly 40% of 10,750 miles of sidewalk in Los Angeles are broken.
Read More >Source: Case Studies on Transport Policy
Studies the extent to which a bicycle sharing program is used in combination with urban transit or as a self-standing mode in The Hague, Netherlands.
Read More >Multiple Effects of E-Biking on Older Adults Observational Study
Source: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Studies Flemish and Dutch older adults to examine the effects of starting to e-bike on total and conventional biking frequencies, walking for transport, self-rated health, functionality and life space area.
Read More >European COVID-Era Pop-Up Bike Lanes Increase Cycling Trips Up to 48%
Source: Streetsblog USA
Reports on a study that finds that European cities that installed pop-up protected bike lanes during the early days of the pandemic increased the number of daily cycling trips between 11% and 48%.
Read More >Source: Journal of Transport & Health
Found most people are interested in riding a bike, but only when protected infrastructure is provided.
Read More >Source: Cities
Studies the association of a newly developed walkability index with step counts of Yokohama, Japan citizens.
Read More >Source: Transport Reviews
Finds that walking-only trips account for approximately 30% trips in the analyzed cities, and the pedestrian dimension of mobility is largely underestimated if walking that involves other transportation modes is not accounted for.
Read More >Source: The Conversation
Finds that women in most cities achieve as much active travel time as men, however, by being more likely to walk and less likely to cycle, women’s access to the city is significantly limited.
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