{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Active Towns","title":"Safer Streets Research w/ Wes Marshall","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3053,"description":"In this episode, I connect with University of Colorado Denver Professor Dr. Wes Marshall for a fun and fascinating discussion about some of the safer streets research that he and his students have conducted over the past decade. Wes Marshall, Ph.D., is a Professor of Civil Engineering and an affiliate faculty member in Planning and Design at the University of Colorado Denver. Wes focuses on transportation research and teaching dedicated to creating more sustainable, equitable, and resilient transportation systems, particularly in terms of road safety, active transportation, and transit. He has a vast body of work and we discuss several of his most notable studies that have gained attention over the past few years, including his 2019 research paper that highlighted enhanced safety of protected bikeways for all roadways users, not just people cycling.Additional Helpful Links:Active Towns Landing Page for this EpisodeProfessor Norman GarrickActive Towns Landing Page for Peter Norton's EpisodeActive Towns Landing Page for Fietsstraat/Bicycle Priority Street EpisodeActive Towns Landing Page for Jonathan Fertig's EpisodeCentral Park Community (formerly Denver's main airport)New UrbanismStreet Network 101 Explains Grided street network versus Tree-like street network as seen in most suburban communitiesLinks to the research papers we hit on:Why cities with high bicycling rates are safer for all road users www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140518301488Does street network design affect traffic safety? www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457510003179Effect of Street Network Design on Walking and Biking https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3141/2198-12Community design, street networks, and public health www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140514000486Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational www.jstor.org/stable/26211757Advancing healthy cities through safer cycling: An examination of shared lane...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tkybtmzf0KYuip-R8cMTYcCT6L7ETI0NTQv5EY_NCCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}