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How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked

The City Fix

In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to reduce car traffic and prioritize the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and the environment. Unlike in the United States and other countries where transportation. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Q&A: In Florida, JTA CEO Nathaniel Ford Champions Public Transit

State Tech Magazine

After starting his career with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford has held key positions at transit systems across the United States, including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Northern California, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

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Electric bicycles as a quantum opportunity for transportational cycling: can e bikes be conquest sales versus cars?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The US has a very homogeneous approach to land use and transportation planning. No city has the kind of bicycling for transportation penetration common in the Netherlands or Denmark. A few of the legacy cities (New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco) are dominated by transit. Flickr photo by zakiakhamad.

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Street Smarts: Tampa, Fla., Puts Smart Technology in the Driver’s Seat

State Tech Magazine

Department of Transportation Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program sites, the $27 million Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority pilot tested the technology from 2015 to 2022. Tampa, Fla., As one of three initial U.S. The THEA pilot also involved auto manufacturers, private motorists and other entities.

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First International Conference on Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Data.gov

September 16-18, 2015 The National Academy of Sciences Building Washington, DC The Transportation Research Board will host a conference September 16-18, 2015 to provide transportation professionals with information about emerging best practices and research results on how to adapt surface transportation … Continued.

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Railroad tourism as a way to promote transit: Union Pacific's Big Boy steam locomotive journey

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Valley Transit (San Jose) poster promoting transit use and transportation demand management. The idea of leveraging grand train stations is also discussed in this entry from 2015, " New State Rail Planning Initiative in DC: First meeting Monday September 28th ," suggesting DC Union Station as a point of leverage.

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How Are New Informal Transit Routes Formed?

The City Fix

In 2015, the chairman of a Kampala administrative zone about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the city’s downtown addressed a hand-written note to the chairman of a minibus taxi association. He humbly requested the group of drivers expand its services. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.