Posts Tagged ‘America’

Transit Investment Leads to Jobs & Economic Growth!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Public Transportation Takes Us There

Public Transportation Takes Us There

Transit Investment Leads to Jobs & Economic Growth!

Support and Create Opportunties for a Better America

Yesterday, President Obama called for more transportation investment to support job creation and economic growth.  Public transportation can implement more than $15 billion projects in 90 days!

More transit means more jobs and a better economy. Contact the President and your Congressional representatives today and tell them to support more investment in public transit!  Public transportation projects create more than 450,000 jobs and for every $1 invested in public transportation, an average of $4 is generated in economic returns.

Act NOW!

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America’s Killer Roads

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Are roads designed to kill people?

Are roads designed to kill people?

This oped takes on American street design and blames it for causing countless road injuries and deaths.

Examples in other countries like Sweden show that simple infrastructural devices can greatly reduce accidents, according to Mark Rosenberg, a former assistant attorney general.

“They showed that this could be done cheaply. When Mylar – a strong polyester film – is supported by closely spaced plastic poles, it can keep cars from crossing the median. When the Swedes used this type of center barrier to separate the traffic going in opposite directions, they effectively prevented head-on collisions and the death rate on these roads fell by 70 percent to 80 percent.”

Source: The Boston Globe, August 19, 2009 via Planetizen
Photo credit:  Special