"DOT encourages transportation agencies to go beyond the minimum requirements, and proactively provide convenient, safe, and context-sensitive facilities that foster increased use by bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities, and utilize universal design characteristics when appropriate."
–USDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design Flexibility Memorandum
https://1.usa.gov/1fXLjTi
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT…
"During his two terms (1995-97 and 2001-03) as Mayor of Bogatá [Columbia], Anatas Mockus sought ‘change without violence’ using theatrical measures to educate and engage citizens in civic reforms… Famously, [he] hired 420 mimes to make fun of traffic violators; this entertaining public ridicule reduced traffic fatalities by >50%…"
–From a slideshow of examples from the McKinsey report How to Make a Great City https://bit.ly/17p97xt
[See the full 6 case study slideshow: https://bit.ly/17p97xt]
[See also photo at: https://hvrd.me/18TmofG]
from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.
Biking in Baltimore