Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about AASHTO

Research Bolsters Case for Cycle Tracks While AASHTO Updates Guide

By Adam Voiland | Apr 27, 2011 | No Comments

For decades, dueling camps of cycling advocates have feuded about how to best accommodate riders. Some have pushed for the construction of Dutch-style cycle tracks, arguing that separated lanes make bicycling safer and less intimidating, while others have insisted such infrastructure isolates riders and makes cycling more dangerous than simply remaining within the flow of […]

Under Pressure, AASHTO Withdraws Objection to Stronger Bike-Ped Rules

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 25, 2011 | No Comments

The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is withdrawing its opposition to an important federal policy change that puts cyclists and pedestrians on a more equal footing with motorists. Active transportation groups were outraged earlier this month when AASHTO requested that the FHWA revert to an old standard that required state DOTs show only […]

AASHTO: New Rule Makes It Too Hard to Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 12, 2011 | No Comments

For years, state DOTs have exploited a loophole of federal government policy that allowed them to build massive, publicly funded projects without accommodating non-motorized users as long as they could show that “due consideration” had been given to bicyclists and pedestrians. But last year, US DOT gave that requirement some teeth, issuing a directive specifying […]

Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 8, 2011 | No Comments

A powwow between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Obama, and House Speaker John Boehner last night failed to yield a compromise that would put a budget in place before the government shuts down at midnight tonight. The failure of yet another attempt to negotiate makes a government shutdown all but inevitable. Just a month […]

NACTO: Feds Already Greenlighting Bikeway Design Innovations

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2011 | No Comments

The National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Urban Bikeway Design Guide was 20 years in the making, and already it’s having an impact, says the organization’s Mia Birk. Bringing together transportation officials from 20 major cities to discuss progress on bikeway designs in the U.S. produced quite a few “aha moments,” said Birk. For one, […]

On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2011 | No Comments

The National Bike Summit begins tomorrow, bringing together an estimated 750 cycling advocates. They’ll hear from NYCDOT Chief Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and they’ll descend on Congress in droves, plastic bike pins fastened to their lapels, to deliver a message about safe cycling access. Don’t look to AASHTO’s […]

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