http://www.talkingtraffic.org Traffic, Transportation, and Mobility Issues for the Everyday Person Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:02:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Topics: New Drivers, Interview http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/08/30/episode-35-new-drivers-experiences/ Randall Munroe is the man. http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/08/18/xkcd-to-the-rescue/ Topics: Safety, Funding http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/08/17/episode-34-safety-and-funding/ The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands ... http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/08/06/the-road-goes-ever-on/ Topics: Safety: A Brief Disposition http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/08/02/episode-33-safety-a-brief-disposition/ A sinkhole in Milwaukee, WI, ate an SUV and a traffic signal pole. http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/07/28/beware-of-those-pot-holes/ Topics: Metacast - What's going on in Talking Traffic land. http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/07/24/episode-325-metacast/ The Boston Globe's Big Picture has photo essays that are well worth your time. Today's is about animals. One of the pictures takes you to a (sad) shot of some very large roadkill. I used to commute on I-88 in upstate NY. I saw roadkill turkeys, geese and deer all the time. ... http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/05/10/this-is-not-your-childhood-roadkill/ A protest over "‘motorway levels’ of cars and lorries on a road with no pavement for pedestrians" is taking the form of a series of people standing at a pedestrian pushbutton, continuously activating it and making a call for the pedestrian phase. According to the Environmental Transport Agency in England, the ... http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/05/10/guerrilla-traffic-calming/ Christian Yarnell of the Columbia School of Journalism had a conversation with me last month about speed humps. Here is his final article. It's well worth the read. He manages to summarize pretty much the entire situation around these traffic calming devices. Speed Humps face a Roadblod http://www.talkingtraffic.org/index.php/2010/04/16/speed-humps/