Safe, scenic pedaling opportunities abound in cities like Seattle, Montreal and Atlanta. Here are routes that will take you past waterways, through parks and along protected urban lanes.
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The devices are meant to help the department gather more information about where pedestrians cross, where bikes need better access, and when trucks or cars travel through specific areas.
Between 1880 and 1900, the Good Roads Movement, led by an unlikely coalition of urban cyclists and rural postal workers, overhauled the country’s abysmal dirt paths into a coordinated network of paved streets.
The federal fees would take effect next year and rise $5 every two years, topping out at $150 in 2035 for cars that run solely on batteries and $50 in 2033 for plug-in hybrids.
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Nationwide, the share of roadways rated in acceptable condition peaked at about 91% in 1999, but has since declined and averaged around 80% in recent years — leaving roughly 1 in 5 roadways in poor condition.
As the sidewalk delivery robot industry matures, cities are testing new strategies to regulate and pay for sidewalk repairs and accessible infrastructure.
Creating a new regional “through-running” system could require re-engineering sections of Penn Station’s tracks and platforms. Each railroad’s trains and equipment would need to be made compatible. The governments of New York and New Jersey would have to cooperate in the creation of a new regional commuter railroad system. New agreements would need to be negotiated with labor unions.
In May 2024, Santa Monica piloted automated bike lane enforcement technology on two parking enforcement vehicles and identified nearly 1,700 violations in six weeks.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s plan and free shuttles have generally held up under the crush of record crowds and wallet-walloping parking prices, allowing wary locals and out-of-town visitors easy access to the largest event in Pittsburgh history.
Jim Mathews, the president and CEO of the Rail Passengers Association, is worried about funding cuts and a potential freight rail merger. But he says passenger rail is in a better place than it’s been for decades.