Category Archive: Transportation

Jul
11

Beyond Safety in Numbers: Why Bike Friendly Cities are Safer

Davis, California. Photos by the author

Authors: Norman W. Garrick, Wesley E. Marshall Davis, California, is widely celebrated as the bicycling capital of the United States with over 16% of the population commuting to work on bikes. What is less well known is the fact that the traffic fatality rate in Davis is also unusually low, at about 1/10th of the …

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Jun
16

Fix transportation

The proposed state budget is still weighed too heavily in favor of roads and at the same time hurts local government flexibility and discourages cooperation. Fix this. There is still time for legislators – or Gov. Scott Walker through his veto pen – to find a better balance in state spending on transportation over the …

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Jun
08

Highway Project Not Needed (MJS)

Highway Project Not Needed Yet – DOT Says (2)

Permanent link to this article: http://www.1kfriends.org/announcements/highway-project-not-needed-mjs/

Jun
08

Journal Sentinel Editorial on Hwy 23

Editorial-Pork by Any Other Name (2)

Permanent link to this article: http://www.1kfriends.org/announcements/journal-sentinel-editorial-on-hwy-23/

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