Transportation

Autumn Labbe-Renault hosts Jake Clemens, Mother Hen, Randi MacNear, of Fowl Food Fair, Lucas Frerichs, Coopster, and Marla Tebutt, Bicyling Chair "Chicken Little."

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Martha Teeter hosts Lauren Greenberg and Caroline Bohiken, cross country bikers.

Greenberg: http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/5822  

Bohiken: http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/5832

--We visit The Hague, for the Walk21 International Pedestrian Conference.
--We meet Jack Short, with the International Transport Forum.
--We visit one of the largest pedestrianized areas in Europe.
--We learn about the International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety, ICTCT.
--We talk with a key participant in the COST Action 328 Pedestrian Quality Needs project.
--We learn about the Making Walking Count project.

--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has more sets of stairs than any other city in the United States.
--Snow can be a problem for pedestrians in Pittsburgh.
--We look at what aircraft pilots can teach drivers.
--The Veterans Administration does research on sidewalks.

--We learn about the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.
--We learn about the Oakland Transportation Management Association.
--The Airport Corridor Management Association deals with a more suburban environment.
--The Riverlife organization oversees the development of the 13 mile Three Rivers Park loop.
--A commuter describes his walk to work in Pittsburgh.

Video by: http://www.peopleforbikes.org/Text by: http://www.bikesmakelifebetter.com/

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--We meet the public health director for Broome County, NY.
--We learn about New York State DOT's role in greenways.
--We learn about the City of Binghamton's role in greenways.
--Partnerships are key to the greenway system.
--We talk with a blind pedestrian about traffic.

--Dobbs Ferry, New York, is losing pedestrian access to development.
--A lawyer explains Sovereign Immunity, Tort, Duty, Notice, and their relation to sidewalk defects.
--An elderly woman in Oswego, New York, makes an inventory of sidewalk defects.
--A pedestrian in New York City is concerned about bicyclists that don't follow the rules.
--We look at sexual harassment of pedestrians in New York City.

--We look at an intersection with a good design for blind pedestrians in Binghamton, New York.
--We look at an intersection that almost got it right in Davis, California.
--We see how bioswales are used to absorb stormwater along streets in Portland, Oregon.
--We talk with the police chief and business owners about problems crossing the street in Port Orford, Oregon.

--We meet the president of Friends of Lafitte Corridor in New Orleans, LA.
--We talk with a planner about the National Evacuation Conference in New Orleans, LA.