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Intricate Ballets: Using Open Streets to Reclaim Street Space for People
This post was authored by Tiffany Lam
Safety, the gender step gap, and global activity inequality
This post was written by research adviser Tiffany Lam.
Landmark Vision Zero Court Decision Sets a New Path to Safe Streets
We’ve all experienced dangerous streets before. With traffic lights that don’t allow enough time to cross the street, crumbling sidewalks or none at all, and wide lanes that propel fast-moving vehicles, they make people who are walking or biking feel unwelcome and unsafe. Gerritsen Avenue in Brooklyn, New York is one of these notoriously dangerous roads with frequent speeding and related injuries.
Automated Vehicles: Back to the Future
When I was growing up, I thought we’d all be zooming around the skies, by now, in our automated bubble vehicles - like the Jetsons. Turns out, I wasn’t too far off.
Though not for flying around in the blue yonder, automated vehicles (AV) are in our very, very near future. Already, there are actual demonstration AVs on public roads - can you imagine a car or bus without a steering wheel? Vehicles like these are being tested now.