Episodes 81 to 90 of Perils for Pedestrians

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Episode 90
© 2004

• The Washington (DC) Metropolitan Transit Authority launches its "Metro is Accessible" project.
• The South Carolina Transportation Commission has a new ped and bike policy.
• The Center for Transit Oriented Development goes back to the future.
• A new study looks at the health effects of sprawl.
• The America Bikes Coalition works to get fair treatment for peds and bikes in federal policies

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Episode 89
© 2004

• A preview of the 2004 National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates in Silver Spring, MD.
• The National Safe Kids Coalition works to keep young pedestrians safe.
• A new study by the EPA finds that walkable schools create less auto air pollution.
• The League of American Bicyclists prepares for The National Bike Summit in Washington, DC.

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Episode 88
© 2004

• The Maryland Highway Safety Office promotes a "targeted crosswalk enforcement detail" in Silver Spring, Maryland. The decoy pedestrians are from the Montgomery County police.
• In Charleston, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League has helped pass legislation relaxing school acreage requirements.
• Transportation Alternatives has been advocating for pedestrians and bicyclists in Brooklyn, New York.

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Episode 87
© 2004

• The inauguration of the East Coast Greenway in Washington, DC.
• Seattle Washington's Pedestrian Summer.
• Seattle DOT's pedestrian program.
• The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is studying the adjudication of ped and bike crashes.
• The University of Washington encourages its employees to walk to work.
• A designer makes infrastructure projects more humane.
• Howard Dean on peds and bikes.

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Episode 86
© 2003

• A bill to make walking the official exercise of Maryland is vetoed by Governor Ehrlich in Annapolis.
• The Rails to Trails Conservancy hosts a conference in Providence, RI.
• Project for Public Spaces meets in New York City.
• In Brooklyn, the Honku Poet has an antidote to road rage.
• The TMA Group and Transportation Management in Franklin, TN.

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Episode 85
© 2003

• The 4th international Walk21 Conference on Walking in the 21st Century is held in Portland, OR.
• The Third National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates also is held in Portland.
• The Vancouver International Discovery Walk Festival takes place across the Columbia River in Washington.
• Portland celebrates the 100th anniversary of their Olmsted plan.
• Olmsted's vision of a 40 mile loop trail is finally being realized in Portland.
• A neighborhood group works on local trail connections in Southwest Portland.
• A suburban sports arena moves to downtown Washington, DC.

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Episode 84
© 2003

• An experimental self-cleaning restroom is planned for the Huntington Metro Station in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• A discussion with the president of Walk-Bike Nashville.
• The Virginia Bicycle Federation would like to see policy changes by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
• The Virginia Secretary of Transportation announces policy changes to benefit pedestrians and bicyclists at the Bike-Walk Virginia conference in Portsmouth.

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Episode 83
© 2003

• The new Strategic Plan for Sidewalks and Bikeways in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Pedestrian planning in Birmingham, Alabama.
• Broadway is the "Main Street" of Sylacauga, Alabama.
• A businessman chose to locate on Broadway for its pedestrian environment.
• A cyclist is pushing for bike lanes in Sylacauga.
• Transportation is an important issue at a family services center in Sylacauga.

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Episode 82
© 2003

• Mayor Patrick McCrory talks about sidewalks in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Linda Crider, at the University of Florida in Gainesville, talks about children walking to school.
• A pedestrian bridge is the subject of the Ninth Witters Student Design Competition at the University of Florida.
• A new pedestrian bridge connects downtown to a park in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Episode 81
© 2003

• Linda Armstrong Kelly talks about The Texas Bicycle Coalition at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC.
• Greg Lemond, a three time winner of the Tour De France, talks about bicycling in the United States.
• United States Representative James Oberstar, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, gives the history of federal transportation policy.