Engineering
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Cities are Making Left Turns Safer with ‘Wedges’
Strategically placed bollards and curbs slow drivers and prevent them from "cutting corners," keeping pedestrians safer.
November 9, 2018
Key Design Guide to Finally Include Protected Bike Lanes
Protected bike lanes. Protected intersections. They're all included in the draft version of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' new engineering manual.
September 24, 2018
Councilmember Ryu Rowena Study Could Determine Future of Safety Improvements
Rowena's road diet makes the street measurably safer. A new study, not yet made public, proposes undoing the proven safety improvements.
August 9, 2018
The Engineering Manual Everyone but You Seems to Have
It took only one tweet, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Engineering Excuses practically wrote itself.
June 22, 2018
Oakland Needs to Stop Building Sub-Par Infrastructure
Even on new streets, city continues using dangerous, out-dated bike lane designs.
May 16, 2018
Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles
This introductory course, open to all, promises to review California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation, with participants learning how to apply bicycle design concepts that "best balance competing needs on a specific route."
March 16, 2018
Annual Program for Girls Shows What it Takes to Be a Transportation Engineer
Here was an opportunity for more than 125 girls who attended the fourth annual Girls Engineering Day in Orange County to practice thinking like an engineer and to work with professional engineers
March 8, 2018
Berkeley’s Bancroft Way Gets a Nod on “Best Bikeways of 2017” List
The first two-way connected parking-protected bikeway in Berkeley is part of a project that includes a bus-only lane. It was supported by the local bus agency, the city, the local business district, the UC Berkeley campus, and local bike advocates.
December 21, 2017
Transportation Engineers Are Ethically Bound to Protect Public Safety. Too Many Do Not.
Bill Schultheiss, a transportation engineer with Toole Design Group, is challenging his profession to uphold its ethical standards.
October 12, 2017
