Continuing developments in telecommunications and public expectation have left the US's legacy, analogue 911 emergency call system trailing. Linda D. Dodge, Public Safety Program Manager for the ITS programme in USDOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, the sponsor of the Next Generation 911 initiative, writes about efforts towards updating
Pete Zanzottera explains why considering cycling in urban planning is a win-win situation. The Cycling Delivery Plan published by the UKs Department for Transport (UKDfT) contains 13 mentions of ‘cycle proofing’ a term that has been growing in use, but what does it mean, and have we got the wrong word? Should we instead be proving that we can create infrastructure that invites cyclists into the transport network?
