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  • Fast, inexpensive street changes that get big results

    June 24, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    In Pennsylvania, many cities face challenges in implementing Complete Street policies to improve street and transportation safety in urban cores. The cities and organizations that have done this successfully offer ideas to others about how they can use creative financing and piloting to overcome barriers and enforce the policy.

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  • Unmasked! The Mexico City superhero wrestling for pedestrians' rights

    November 09, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Clogged with traffic, crippled by poor infrastructure – the capital is notoriously hard to navigate on foot. Enter Peatónito, the activist fighting for safer streets.

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  • Seniors Take Manhattan

    January 13, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Cities tend to be dangerous and difficult places to live for older residents. A private public partnership in New York is catering to seniors through small changes in the city such as para-transit options and seniors-only hours at public establishments.

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  • Why Sweden has so few road deaths

    February 26, 2014 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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  • In Bogotá, Activists Are Fighting Against a Backslide in Pedestrian Safety

    June 13, 2013 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    Bogotá has become a danger for pedestrians. Cars have the right of the way and it is up to pedestrians to stay alert and safe. Now, citizens are using paint on sidewalks and roads to draw attention to dangers such as potholes or areas where pedestrians have been killed.

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  • There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find

    October 02, 2012 |

    TreeHugger |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Conventional merchants are afraid to lose parking spaces to bike parking or bike lanes. New York and Portland are finding cyclists increase local economies, and spend more money too.

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