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The Future of Urban Transportation Will be Holistic

Cities need to evolve towards a mobility plan that interconnects walking with biking, public transit, and ride-sharing. To do that will require tech, partnerships and collaboration, say experts.

Rather Than Banning Cars, Amsterdam Reduces On-Street Parking

On-street parking spaces will gradually be replaced, starting July 1, with bike lanes, sidewalks, and trees.

Cambridge Becomes First U.S. City to Make Protected Bike Lanes Mandatory

Cambridge, Massachusetts has made a thorough commitment to building robust bike infrastructure with every street repair project.

Bacteria could prevent potholes caused by road salts

When calcium chloride de-icer is spread on sidewalks or roads, it reacts with the calcium hydroxide in concrete, creating calcium oxychloride. Also known as CAOXY, this substance expands within the concrete, causing it to crack….

Ford Taps the Brakes on the Arrival of Self-Driving Cars

Hackett is the latest high-ranking industry insider to engage in public real talk about the prospects for self-driving cars, which back in 2016 seemed just around the corner.

Cars dominate cities today. Barcelona’s Ambitious Plan to Become a Post-Car City

Barcelona’s urban plan is the most ambitious thing going — a more rapid, progressive, and humane transformation of a city, in a shorter span of time, than any other global city, certainly any American city, has dared envision.

Turning an Atlanta Roadway Into a Shared Street

“The basic idea is that once these controls are stripped away, everyone is forced to become more alert and ultimately more cooperative. Through less restraint comes greater focus.”

Netherlands testing ‘self-healing’ roads that fix their own potholes

Small steel fibers in the roadway can be charged and heated to re-melt the bitumen binding the surface together, filling small cracks

Why free parking is bad for everyone

Recent studies have confirmed that fee parking cuts down on cruising time and traffic congestion.

Pop-up Traffic Calming Circle Installed in Helena, Montana

WTI, Bike Walk Montana, and neighborhood volunteers teamed up to install a pop-up traffic circle, which is designed to slow vehicles on a road near a popular trail head where there are many pedestrians. 

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