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Wiki Wednesday: Safety in Numbers

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In a StreetsWiki entry on Safety in Numbers, Andy Hamilton points to the theory stating that the more cyclists and pedestrians use the streets, the less likely they are to be injured. It’s an observation advanced by public health consultant Peter Jacobsen, but others have weighed in as well. Traffic engineer and amatuer bicycling expert […]

Wiki Wednesday: Stub Patrol

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Earlier this month "Wikis Take Manhattan" brought in thousands of photos for StreetsWiki and Wikipedia articles. As those shots are matched with their respective entries, we’d like to draw attention to a few StreetsWiki posts that could use fleshing out text-wise: Curb Cuts Street Wall Speed Bumps, Humps, and Cushions Sheridan Expressway Ghost Bikes To […]

Wiki Wednesday: Traffic Justice

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The traffic justice movement, as outlined in this week’s featured StreetsWiki entry, may be old hat to many NYC Streetsblog readers. Sadly, it remains as relevant as ever. On the other hand, it is encouraging to know that organizations like the National Center for Bicycling and Walking have programs dedicated to calling attention to the […]

Wiki Wednesday: Parking Policy

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When a coalition of public interest groups including Transportation Alternatives released the "Suburbanizing the City" report last month, we learned that, following current New York City parking policies, the construction of new off-street spaces is projected to result in over a billion additional miles driven per year by 2030. Startling as it was, this statistic […]

Wiki Wednesday: Complete Streets

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With all the brouhaha over Broadway Boulevard lately, we thought it would be a good time to revisit the concept of Complete Streets. In a recent StreetsWiki entry, Andy Hamilton gets back to the basics. A Complete Street is a roadway designed to safely accommodate all users — pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, transit riders, and those […]

Wiki Wednesday: Quartier Vauban, Freiburg, Germany

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This week’s StreetsWiki feature takes us to the Quartier Vauban in Freiburg, Germany. With an area of 84 acres, the Quartier Vauban is a neighborhood of 5,000 people, designed and built as a sustainable community between 1993 and 2006. Contributor Meg Saggese writes that the Vauban "represents the state of the art in environmental protection […]
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