West Main streetscape details unveiled
Charlottesville, VA – December 18, 2014 – The Charlottesville City Council has learned more about how the West Main Street corridor might be redesigned to make the road a public space that is safer for cyclists and pedestrians. It comes with a cost estimate as high as $30 million, if utility lines are moved underground. …
Wide sidewalks to prevent accidents, the recipe of an expert
Buenos Aires – December 14, 2014 – Road Safety: “It forces the drivers to reduce their velocity (slow down) and the pedestrians are more protected,” explains Michael King, a specialist on street design. (Clarin, Einat Rozenwasser) Read the full article (in Spanish) »
Planners propose new north-south road in south Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA – December 3, 2014 – Planners who are looking at ways to improve traffic flow in the south Baton Rouge health district are proposing building a new north-south road between Bluebonnet Boulevard and Essen Lane that would link Perkins Road to Interstate 10…. The goal of the traffic plan isn’t to push congestion …
How super-small, European-style delivery vehicles could make U.S. streets safer
San Francisco – November 21, 2014 – Lately Paul Supawanich, an urban planner at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates in San Francisco, has been noticing ads for commercial delivery vehicles in popular magazines. That’s strange enough, in a way, but what’s even odder is that these aren’t your typical 30-foot trucks. He’s seen ads for the Chevy …
Transportation Measures Win in Key Locations
San Francisco – Nov. 5, 2014 – The mid-term elections brought good news for state and local transportation initiatives. Major new transportation tax measures were approved in Seattle, Atlanta (Clayton County), Rhode Island, Fairfax County, and Alameda and San Francisco counties. At Nelson\Nygaard, we are celebrating the passage of Measure BB in Alameda County, CA. …
How Will Departments of Transportation Evolve Over the Next 50 Years?
San Francisco, CA – October 30, 2014 – Drivers fighting with pedestrians and bicyclists over road space has become a familiar battle over the last decade. But about 130 miles north of San Francisco, in the small city of Willits, there’s an infrastructure tangle of a different sort playing out. … Especially for intersections in …