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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the sixth article in our series, Moving the Masses, about managing the flow of crowds of individuals, be they drivers or pedestrians, shoppers or commuters, birds or ants. A major issue for ...

A typical turning radius on Grand Avenue, where pedestrian safety has been a problem. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your ...

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 ...

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