Killed by a Traffic Engineer by Wes Marshall

Author:Wes Marshall [Marshall, Wes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2024-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

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a It didn’t change its name to the Institute of Transportation Engineers for another 10 years.

b The FHA didn’t issue mortgages itself. Rather, the government would repay loans in full if the homeowner defaults. For lenders, it’s as risk-free as it gets.

c Recall that AASHO is the American Association of State Highway Officials. It later became the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

d Don’t get me started on how we also distribute federal transportation dollars based on vehicle miles traveled. The more you drive, the more money your state gets. This approach doesn’t give state departments of transportation much reason to disincentivize driving, nor is it a safety neutral funding policy.

e That’s how we end up with what Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns would call a stroad. A stroad isn’t quite a street and isn’t quite a road. By trying to accomplish both mobility and access, stroads do neither well (like how a futon is neither a good couch nor a good bed). It’s probably not surprising that stroads form the basis of most high-injury networks.

f According to AASHTO, urban land use in the United States is defined as a contiguous area of census block groups with at least 1,000 residents per square mile and a minimum population of 5,000. Everything else is rural.

g I was hoping to end this chapter with a “You’re killing me, Smalls,” but alas.

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