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My latest, in Bloomberg: There’s a widespread myth that Americans hate traffic cameras. It’s simply not true. On the contrary, researchers have consistently found that Americans broadly support using automatic enforcement to curb crashes. And for good reason: It works. #transportation #safety #traffic
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Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think
Cameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many pl...
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I recently biked along the Baltic Sea in Poland, from Gdansk to Sopot. It was one of the most sublime rides of my life. I wondered: Why are there so few places in North America where people can cycle along the coast, separated from cars? My exploration, in Bloomberg #poland #biking #tourism
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We Should All Be Biking Along the Beach
Oceanfront bicycle paths aren’t just a joy to ride on. They can help relieve beach traffic and mitigate the ill effects of overtourism. Why are t...
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For decades, the US was the gold standard for car safety regs. Not anymore -- that title now belongs to Europe. In Bloomberg, global auto reg exec David Ward and I discussed why cars have grown safer around the world – but not in the US.
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The Global Struggle to Build Safer Cars
UK vehicle regulator David Ward talks about how crash tests caught on in markets around the world, and why the US is no longer the gold standard in...
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My latest in Bloomberg CityLab: Applying "abundance" to transportation requires considering the kind of infrastructure that gets built, not just the quantity. More trains and bike lanes would be great -- more highways and robotaxis not so much.
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What Would ‘Transportation Abundance’ Look Like?
Fans of the abundance movement say that adding supply solves big problems in housing and health care. But when it comes to getting around, things g...
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Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster: “This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.” He was right. We just didn’t listen. My homage, in Bloomberg CityLab:
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The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.
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Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck. But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Foreign automakers do. In Fast Company, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos. https://www.fastcompany.com/91296810/detroit-killed-the-sedan-trumps-trade-war-will-make-them-wish-they-hadnt #cars #trump #detroit #trade image
In Bloomberg CityLab, I argued that "shrinking" mass transit -- replacing buses and trains with pods or shuttles -- is a fool's errand. Small transit vehicles cannot scale w/o massive subsidies. It's a problem that cripples PRT, the Vegas Loop, and microtransit alike.
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Don’t Shrink the Bus
Could Tesla’s Cybercab and similar smaller vehicles replace traditional trains and buses? Unfortunately, the idea of “personal rapid transit”...
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