Angie Schmitt
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Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing
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The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.
Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?
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For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.
“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together
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The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
Parking Madness Final Four: Hicksville vs. Nashville
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Either a sorry commuter rail station in Long Island or the area surrounding the Tennessee Titans stadium is going to the championship.
A New Approach to Retrofitting a Dangerous Suburban Road
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The Syracuse suburb of Dewitt is overhauling its wide, dangerous traffic artery -- and putting bikes at the center.
Losing a Son, Starting a Movement
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Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets is empowering people around the country who've lost loved ones to traffic violence to fight for change.
Parking Madness Final Four: Lansing vs Philadelphia
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Which deserves to go to the parking crater championship? The state capitol asphalt acreage or the sports complex mega-lot?
Parking Madness: Fremont vs. Hicksville
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If you've ever wondered what's wrong with American commuter rail, take a good look at the two parking craters facing off today.
Parking Madness: Nashville vs. Providence
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An NFL parking moonscape takes on a pockmarked hospital campus -- and they're both right next to downtown.
Parking Madness: Houston vs. Philadelphia
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These parking craters wouldn't be so large without government subsidies.
Parking Madness, Round 2: Lansing vs. Greenville
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Two impressive downtown parking craters face off for a spot in the Final Four.
Parking Madness: San Diego vs. Nashville
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Which should advance to round two: San Diego's casino crater or Nashville's stadium crater?