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“Bike Lanes Are Against My Morals,” Says Ohio Woman

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bexley, bexley ohio, bike, bike lanes, columbus, columbus ohio, livability, ohio, protected bike lanes, retrofitting the suburbs, roads, sharrow, sharrows, street, streets, suburban sprawl, suburbs, the profoundly disappointing gesturalism of the sharrow, walkability

The economics of parking are simple. Convincing community members, though? Sometimes not so much.

Mobility Public Safety

“We’ve Got A Delegation, Bro”: Exemptions to DC Law, If You’ve Got The Money

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cadillac, Cadillac Escalade, cager, cagers, car culture, cars, cycling, cycling infrastructure, cycling safety, dc pedestrian fatalities, dc vision zero, driver, drivers, escalade, four seasons hotel dc, four seasons total landscaping, general motors, georgetown, georgetown dc, pedestrian safety, safe streets, sidewalks, suv, suvs, vision zero, vision zero dc, walkability, walking

Car culture sucks. Even in the nation’s capital, where the city doesn’t seem able to prevent cars from parking all over sidewalks, at bus stops, and its drivers from telling you that they’re allowed to, because.

Urban Planning Mobility Cycling

Google Maps Needs To Do A Better Job Showing Pedestrian Infrastructure.

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bicycle, bike, bike infrastructure, brookland, cycling infrastructure, cyclist fatalities, dc metro, dc metropolitan branch trail, edgewood, jeff speck, mobility, nonmotorized transportation infrastructure, pedestrian bridges, pedestrian fatalities, pedestrian infrastructure, rhode island, safe streets, walkability, walking, Washington DC, wmata

Cars take center stage on Google Maps, even when you’re not looking for a driving route. It raises some interesting questions about how maps depict nonmotorized transportation infrastructure.

Mobility Public Health Public Safety Cities & Urban Planning Cycling