Our staff comes across numerous articles each month that reflect current and trending planning practices, development patterns, and more. With each newsletter, we try to highlight a few that have made our wheels turn, with the hopes you might find them interesting or inspiring as well. Here’s the roundup:
Beat Extreme Heat with These 8 Tactics
The American Planning Association provides these mitigation and management strategies to beat the extreme heat. Read more
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center 2023 Annual Report
The FHWA-funded Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) published its Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center 2023 Annual Report. The report provides information and context about major advancements in pedestrian and bicyclist safety through 2023, including nationally recognized innovations, resources, and approaches and PBIC contributions to these efforts. The PBIC is operated by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center under a cooperative agreement with FHWA. Learn more about the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and access available resources and publications.
Turbo Roundabouts
2023 Global Benchmarking study on Turbo Roundabouts are now available on the Office of International Programs website. The report, titled Turbo Roundabouts: A Review of Practices in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Poland, can be accessed here.
Amtrack
Bowling Green area on track for two possible Louisville to Nashville Amtrack routes. Read more