ROAD DIET

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They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

The asphalt-industrial complex—otherwise known as Big Asphalt—took control of our cities and towns. Here's how we can take it back.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEFEB. 7, 2018
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Road diet bridges a barrier, boosts safety

A breakthrough design on La Jolla Boulevard in San Diego cuts crashes by 90 percent and gives local business a shot in the arm.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJAN. 10, 2018
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Five scenarios that make street transformation possible

Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJAN. 17, 2018
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Bigger is not better for main street

Roundabouts and reductions in lane widths helped to restore civic life along a US highway in a western New York village.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJAN. 30, 2018
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Context-based redesign solves street problems

A pedestrian fatality spurred a transformation of a thoroughfare in Raleigh, linking a college campus to neighborhoods.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEFEB. 5, 2018
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Redesigned street leads to better suburb

South Miami, Florida, has completely transformed since 2000—largely following the context-sensitive transformation of its main street.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEJAN. 22, 2018
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Quick Build: Tactical Urbanism on steroids

For about a quarter of typical road diet costs, semi-permanent street transformations have been successfully demonstrated in two cities.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLESEP. 5, 2019
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Road diet creates people-oriented corridor for suburb

The city of Oak Park has the density—it needs placemaking, and that is why an automobile-oriented corridor is being transformed with a linear greenway and complete street.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLEOCT. 2, 2019