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A very cool survey and interactive tool in Ohio !!! A Cleveland-wide mobility survey with a focus on pedestrian, bike, public transport, and other traversability safety ! You're definitely gonna want to follow their advice and use this tool on desktop ! (also worth checking if others have already flagged what you're about to flag - that way you can add additional notes to the first flag) You can also provide notes for a lot of the suburbs outside Cleveland ! (I did !) If you walk, bike, traverse, use public transport, or otherwise navigate Cleveland and the surrounding areas in a way that's not a personal car, You want to fill out this survey !! https://lnkd.in/gGa5qQe2

Looking for ways to gauge the walkability or bikeability of your community? Close.city, a new, interactive travel time mapping tool from Henry Spatial Analysis, provides an easy way to display multi-modal transportation access to key destinations, such as libraries, grocery stores, schools, and more. The screen shot below shows bicycle travel times to parks and playgrounds for the York (PA) metro area. Businesses within the 15-minute travel time have a great chance of picking up patronage as people visit parks, trails and playgrounds. The ones outside of it--not so much. Imagine using this data at your next public meeting, in your next grant application, or when deciding how and where to make investments in transportation infrastructure, recreational amenities, or businesses. Check out the data on your community, county or region at: https://lnkd.in/e5JZm8SH

Streets are at the heart of our commercial districts. They impact equity, safety, health, economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and community. Our guide, Navigating Main Streets as Places, dives into these themes to explore ways we can build streets that facilitate transportation while also being rooted in place and people. Explore here: https://lnkd.in/dknHUzni

From lowering speed limits to increasing funding for dedicated bike infrastructure, there are so many great strategies you can help support to make your community a great place to ride. Learn how you can improve your city’s City Ratings score at https://bit.ly/4eLyscn

In my talks with fellow researchers & advocates, people sometimes share with me how uncomfortable they are 'telling people to walk & take public transportation' when many communities do not have the options to do so (or do so at all) safely. I completely agree. Having grown up totally car-dependent & also having experienced living in communities that lacked pedestrian infrastructure and/or dependable #publictransportation during multiple chapters of my adult life, I don't only mentally grasp this point of view but have the life experience to understand living in environments where #walkability has not been prioritized & it feels scary, unsafe & inconvenient to move by foot. That's exactly why at Pedestrian Space, since its establishment, I have been committed to a holistic approach to advocating for pedestrian-prioritized communities. But being aware of the problems we face in communities where a radical re-prioritization of walking, cycling & public transit needs to take place doesn't need to cancel out simultaneously communicating a message of love for being able to move by foot. Advocating for walkability where it needs to be improved is as much a part of the foundation of my approach as is sharing my deep appreciation for being able to move around communities I live in by foot. Communicating how I experience & view mobility as a core value (which I wrote about for the current issue of ITS International Magazine: https://lnkd.in/dirRWagp) is an important part of the spirit at Pedestrian Space. I look back on so many moments of my life, before the word #walkability had entered my vocabulary, and it all becomes so clear how deeply I valued all opportunities to move safely & with ease by foot in a community. The Winter edition of the Seasonal Pedestrian Space newsletter will come out later this month & include some exciting calls for participation. Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eeDcHP_V 📷 Walking in Central Park, NYC with my son in January 2016

PeopleForBikes’ Legislative Strategies Guide features the best, real-world examples of policy changes being adopted in communities across the U.S. to create more great places to ride bikes. Join us on March 21 at 11 a.m. MT for an engaging webinar to learn more about one of those strategies — Complete Streets mandates — which require state and local governments to integrate bike infrastructure improvements as streets are built, repaved, or restriped.   Martina Haggerty , senior director of local innovation at PeopleForBikes, will be joined by transportation experts to discuss the crucial role Complete Streets mandates play in creating safe and connected bike networks as well as best practices from states and municipalities that successfully put these policies into action. Register for the webinar today and leave with actionable lessons to help implement Complete Streets in your community. Register for the webinar now! https://lnkd.in/ej8DDeQ8

8km of new highway is set to transform the New England town of Singleton as around 15,000 vehicles per day are removed from the town’s streets. The New England Highway Singleton Bypass will reduce the number of heavy and oversized vehicles within the town, bypass five sets of traffic lights, ease congestion and improve safety for all road users. With interactive mapping and detailed project information, our portal https://lnkd.in/gjvCm5mZ showcases the numerous benefits that the project will bring to the region and the state’s highway network. Recent portal updates for Transport for NSW have allowed the community to quickly understand the outcomes and project modifications from the Review of Environmental Factors (REF). New mapping layers and supporting documentation provide easy-to-understand and easy-to-use information to support community engagement. One of our favourite elements of this portal is the before-and-after sliders, which show exactly how key aspects of the proposed project will interface with existing assets. This enables users to understand exactly how the project will impact the local environment. Added to that is a spectacular fly-through video that takes users through the entirety of the Singleton Bypass.

Are major cities in the United States overflowing with parking lots? It’s not just your imagination. In metros with over one million inhabitants, 22% of downtown land is dedicated to parking lots, according to an analysis by Parking Reform Network. The problem is that some spots aren’t used even during peak hours. In our latest blog post, we analyze what these scenarios mean to cities and, more importantly, citizens. Read the full article. 👉 https://bit.ly/3Plwnc4

The council's consultation on car parking fees and conditions in the city ends on 8th January - have your say! The council is proposing changes to encourage greater use of car parks with spare capacity, help tackle the climate emergency and increase income to help pay for vital council services. Take a look below and share your views

It's #WorldCarFreeDay! From settlements that were designed for walking but are now car-dominated to post-war developments that were designed when it was assumed that car-ownership would be universal, this webinar recording explores how to achieve better connections across and between neighbourhoods across a range of contexts. It forms part of our collection of resources focused on 20-minute neighbourhoods. https://lnkd.in/e-9xuVr9