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Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 1:36pm
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--Traffic conditions in a St. Louis neighborhood.

--The Great Rivers Greenways District in St. Louis.

--Connecting North St. Louis to the Mississippi River.

--Americorps Trail Rangers and the St. Louis Riverfront Trail.

--Fishing along the Riverfront Trail.

--Sidewalks and shrubbery in Vancouver, BC.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 1:29pm
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A new pedestrian-bicycle lane on a Missouri River bridge in Kansas City. A ped-bike path cantilevered off a Missouri River bridge in Jefferson City. A blind pedestrian discusses accessible pedestrian signals in Kansas City. A look at Bike To Work Day in Bethesda, Maryland.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 1:27pm
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--We visit St. Louis to learn about the Pedestrian and Bicycle Council of the Institute of Transportation Engineers,

--We head north to Minneapolis for the Safe Routes To School National Conference.

--We look at the need for sidewalks in Edina, Minnesota.

--We drop in on the Corporate Cycling Challenge bike ride in Omaha, Nebraska.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 06/03/2015 - 1:25pm
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--The BMW vice president of vehicle safety talks about their latest innovations to keep pedestrians safe. 

--Public health partnerships and walking in Worcester, MA.

--A Fairfield, CT, public workshop brings in ideas to make the city walkable and bikeable.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 3:24pm
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--We visit the Koln International School of Design in Germany (KISD). Their Cultural Library program has students look at everyday things from a new perspective. Results are compared with students in other countries. Two of the projects looked at parking bicycles and waiting at bus stops.

--How might a designer think about electric vehicles?

--We talk with a bicyclist who moved from Amsterdam to Cologne.

--We meet a pedestrian advocate from Nairobi at the Walk21 conference.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 5:35pm
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--We talk with an anthropologist in Lisbon, Portugal, about pedestrians and traffic conflicts.

--We talk with a city counselor in Aveiro, Portugal, about walking.

--We look at the Active Access European project to encourage walking.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 5:24pm
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--We travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to learn about the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program of the National Park Service.

--We visit Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, IN, where walking and bicycling can get you into the park even when the parking lots are full.

--The Toni Morrison Interchange in New Orleans, Louisiana, is not pedestrian-friendly.

--Cars parked on the sidewalk by inconsiderate drivers are a problem in a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

--We learn about Google Maps for bicycling.

Perils for Pedestrians

Submitted by John Z Wetmore on Fri, 08/23/2013 - 1:49pm
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--We learn how speed kills at a pedestrian safety event in Silver Spring, Maryland.

--We meet the executive director of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition in Columbia, South Carolina.

--We meet a mother whose daughter was killed by a speeding driver in Irmo, South Carolina.