Bike lanes are great, but they can’t protect cyclists riding through busy intersections, where 38% of all cyclist fatalities occurred in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. In ...

Before the invention of the wheel and sliced bread, we got around by walking, crawling, galloping via an animal with more legs than we had — whatever it took. Venturing out for food and shelter is ...

Crosswalks and signals are supposed to make walkers safe as they step off the curb, but a tragic example from New York City last month shows that pedestrian infrastructure just isn’t enough when it’s ...

A new study shows that a new design cut crashes at a busy Plano intersection in half. In July 2010, the city adopted a median left turn at Legacy Drive and Preston Road. But a Texas Transportation ...

A typical turning radius on Grand Avenue, where pedestrian safety has been a problem. The turning radius: a seemingly obscure street design detail that governs a lot about our cities. Basically, the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The City of Lincoln is officially moving on from the idea of an elevated roundabout at the 14th and Warlick Boulevard and Old Cheney intersections, instead proposing a simpler ...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar City Council will be asked Monday to support the Business 71/County Road 24/23rd Street Northeast intersection safety design it rejected April 5. The council's Public ...

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This past Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of a collision between a bus and a semi that claimed the lives of 17 Manitoba seniors at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Trans-Canada Highway ...