HRTPO Active Trans

10/30/2017

Active Transportation Vision and Goals Survey | Active Transportation | Transportation | Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization - The Heartbeat of Hampton Roads

http://www.hrtpo.org/page/active-transportation-vision-and-goals-survey-/

Help us kick off Linking Hampton Roads, our region’s first Active Transportation Plan. “Active Transportation” is defined as all forms of human-powered transportation, including connections to transit. The most common forms are walking and biking. Active Transportation provides an alternative tran...

04/10/2017

WYDaily.com

WYDaily.com

The proposed trail will run from Ironbound Road to the William & Mary School of Education.

04/04/2017

Cycling in Minnesota creates thousands of jobs and cuts health-care spending, state report concludes

Cycling in Minnesota creates thousands of jobs and cuts health-care spending, state report concludes

The Minnesota Department of Transportation's first economic impact analysis of the state's cycling industry also found that 13.6 percent of Twin Cities residents commute by bike, at least once in a while.

04/04/2017

The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare'

You can wear a helmet if you want, but forcing the matter makes biking less safe. What improves safety is a biking culture, one where people of differing skills levels all feel safe to bike. This article also contains an intelligent reference to risk compensation.

The question of whether cyclists should wear helmets provokes fury – often from those on four wheels. But which has the bigger benefit: increased physical safety, or creating a better environment for people to cycle helmet-free?

04/04/2017

Want To Stop Your Brain From Getting Old? Live In A Walkable Neighborhood | Fast Company

Want To Stop Your Brain From Getting Old? Live In A Walkable Neighborhood | Fast Company

Put down the brain training computer game and try walking someplace interesting.

04/04/2017

No, distracted walking is not causing the dramatic increase in pedestrian deaths

No, distracted walking is not causing the dramatic increase in pedestrian deaths

This is an urban design issue, a car design issue, and a demographics issue. Distracted walking is a rounding error.

03/30/2017

Event Info

Interested in a great conversation on transforming unused rail corridors into vibrant public places? Click below to register for the April 11, 2017 session being held at the Chrysler Museum o Art.

03/30/2017

America Walks

America Walks

Bike lanes can help support all forms of safe active transportation

03/29/2017

Want Community? Build Walkability.

Want Community? Build Walkability.

Our neighborhoods and our cities would improve if more of us lived in places where “bumping into someone on the street” didn’t involve heavy traffic and a fender bender.

03/29/2017

Using Tactical Urbanism to Promote Bikeability

Using Tactical Urbanism to Promote Bikeability

Mike Lydon of Street Plans Collaborative discusses cheap, tactical ways to improve bike-friendliness in towns big and small.

03/29/2017

How to Improve Your Town’s Bike Network on a Budget

How to Improve Your Town’s Bike Network on a Budget

These low-cost strategies will make biking easier and safer in any community.

03/24/2017

Cycling Daily

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03/23/2017

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Does biking put a big smile on your face😁? Tell us why!

Via Partnership for Active Transportation

03/23/2017

Cyclists Break the Law to Stay Safe, Study Finds

Cyclists Break the Law to Stay Safe, Study Finds

Research shows what we've always known: That when we roll a stop sign, we're not trying to tick off drivers, but to make it home alive.

03/23/2017

Active Transportation Alliance

Active Transportation Alliance

Last week President Trump released his first budget proposal and it would be devastating for people who ride transit, bike and walk in the Chicago region.

Take action today by signing a letter to your members of Congress telling them to reject these cuts. Like, comment and share!

03/22/2017

Opening Your Car Door Like the Dutch Do Can Save Cyclists' Lives

Opening Your Car Door Like the Dutch Do Can Save Cyclists' Lives

The "Dutch Reach" forces drivers to check for incoming cyclists before a collision occurs.

03/22/2017

What's Better Exercise: Biking or Walking?

What's Better Exercise: Biking or Walking?

CityLab investigated this workout showdown.

03/22/2017

Should People Who Bike Pay Their Own Way, and How?

Should People Who Bike Pay Their Own Way, and How?

A common refrain among politicians who oppose bike infrastructure investments is that people who bike don't pay for those projects. What's a bike advocate to do?

03/21/2017

This is the BEST source for VDOT maps, data and project info.

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03/21/2017

Virginia Beach bikeways and trails plan calls for resident input at public meeting | Southside Daily

http://southsidedaily.com/2017/03/20/virginia-beach-bikeways-and-trails-plan-calls-for-resident-input-at-public-meeting/

VIRGINIA BEACH — How should the city plan for new places to walk, jog, run, hike or ride? Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation wants to hear answers from residents as it plans for its 2017 bikeways and trails plan.

03/21/2017

Bicycling and Walking in Virginia

Some great Active Trans Maps !!

There is something here for everyone:The commonwealth's 838 miles of United States Bicycle Routes 1 and 76The Virginia Capital Trail, connecting the colonial capital of Williamsburg with the modern capital of RichmondNumerous locations for off-road mountain bike ridesA range of facilities suitable f...

03/20/2017

Orlando wants to turn its entire city into a theme park for self-driving cars

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Dozens of US cities want to attract driverless vehicles, hoping to reduce pollution, congestion and fatalities.

03/20/2017

What's Better Exercise: Biking or Walking?

What's Better Exercise: Biking or Walking?

CityLab investigated this workout showdown.

03/20/2017

Which traffic headache would you tackle first? - The Virginian-Pilot, 2017-03-20

Come join us at the TPO and weigh in on this important process !! Click for details.

HAMPTON ROADS residents can weigh in later this month on transportation projects that are set to be funded under the state’s new scoring and prioritization process called Smart Scale.

03/14/2017

Can a Bike Bridge Finally Make Miami Safer for Cyclists?

Can a Bike Bridge Finally Make Miami Safer for Cyclists?

Advocates hope this long elevated pathway is just the first step toward changing the city’s bike culture.

03/13/2017

PeopleForBikes.org

PeopleForBikes.org

The good, the bad, and the ugly. Tell PeopleForBikes what it’s like to bike around your town. Take the 5 minute survey!

03/09/2017

Closed walkway, port-a-potties, ailing buildings — will Chesapeake's Northwest River Park be a "glamour project" again?

Closed walkway, port-a-potties, ailing buildings — will Chesapeake's Northwest River Park be a "glamour project" again?

Located in the southernmost reaches of the city, Northwest River Park is the Chesapeake's largest, but also one of its oldest parks. Money to evaluate and repair some of its

03/09/2017

Swiss-engineered premium e-bike offers 70-mile range & 28 mph top speed

Swiss-engineered premium e-bike offers 70-mile range & 28 mph top speed

The Stromer ST1 X looks to be geared to the hyperconnected city dweller who wants to ditch the car in favor of a two-wheeled electric transport option.

03/08/2017

Average Commute Times for Metro Areas

This is an awesome tool. Check it out

View average commute times for driving, buses, subways and other modes of transportation.

03/08/2017

Coming Soon to Berlin: Bike Superhighways

Coming Soon to Berlin: Bike Superhighways

Fast, smoother, safer.

03/07/2017

Pedestrian and Bike Access Included at Planned U.S.-Canada Border Crossing

Pedestrian and Bike Access Included at Planned U.S.-Canada Border Crossing

A request for proposals for the planned Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Detroit to Windsor, includes a mandate to include pedestrian and bike infrastructure across the span.

03/06/2017

The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

Forbes released its first list of the 25 Best Places To Retire Without A Car.

03/06/2017

Sustainability Report | Port of Virginia

Check out the 2016 Sustainability Report from the Virginia Port Authority

02/28/2017

Rogue Bike-Lane Engineers in Wichita Wield Toilet Plungers

Rogue Bike-Lane Engineers in Wichita Wield Toilet Plungers

Wichita’s likely first DIY protected lane involves items commonly wielded by plumbers.

02/27/2017

Adventure Cycling Association

Adventure Cycling Association

She's one of our cartographers, and she's here to help with the digital data options we offer for navigating many of the mapped routes in the Adventure Cycling Route Network. Of course, if you're the analog type, we have paper maps for all of our routes.