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Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Documents findings from a research team studying Australian and New Zealand approaches to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways.
Read More >Source: Toole Design
Describes a new interactive tool to help communities identify higher risk portions of the roadway network as part of their safety planning efforts or Vision Zero initiatives.
Read More >Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus Rapid Transit and High-Priority Bus Corridors
Source: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Examines the state of practice in bus transit corridor planning, design, and construction in relation to pedestrian and bicyclist safety, public health, and equity, with a focus on dedicated bus lanes.
Read More >Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Equitable Transport Planning
Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides guidance for considering several types of transportation equity, describes various perspectives and impacts, and offers practical ways to incorporate transportation equity goals into policy and planning analysis.
Read More >Book: New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies by Todd Litman
Source: Island Press
Examines and evaluates 12 emerging transportation modes and services, including: bike and carsharing, micromobilities, ridehailing and microtransit, public transit innovations, telework, autonomous and electric vehicles,
Read More >Speed, Affordability, Equity, and Transportation Planning Practices
Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides slides of a presentation that describes how common planning practices favor faster modes and higher traffic speeds over slower but more affordable and resource-efficient options resulting in inequities.
Read More >Source: AASHTO
Provides guidance on pedestrian facilities along streets and highways and identifies effective measures for accommodating pedestrians in public rights-of-way as well as appropriate methods for accommodating them on a variety of roadway and facility types.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The new Active Transportation Funding and Finance Toolkit from FHWA highlights innovative funding and finance strategies for implementing active transportation projects.
Read More >Montgomery County, MD: Increasing Equitable Transit Access by Improving Walkability
Source: Brookings
Describes efforts to study and tackle pedestrian access as a fundamental equity issue across communities that a new rail line will serve.
Read More >Source: Urban Minds
Offers a preview of the first three chapters of the Cities for Youth Toolkit that lays out guiding principles, best practices, and case studies on how to engage youth in city planning.
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