Nice segment featuring Mo Rocca from CBS News and also a cameo from Tom Vanderbilt of “The Way We Drive” Blog and Author of Traffic.  Good piece in here about Roundabouts and one in particular that reduced fatal accidents to zero per year.   Watch CBS News Videos Online

The following new driving laws are in effect as of today in the State of Texas: (paraphrased from http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6594030.html)   • HB 55: Prohibits the use of a cell phone in a school zone unless the vehicle is stopped or a hands-free device is used. • HB 339: Prohibits teens under 18 from texting or talking on a cell phone while driving. • HB 537: Requires...

Really interesting post that shows some the difficulties of effective traffic operations from Market Urbanism blog.  I only got through 3 levels of the game before the honking got to me.  I think the game does a good job of showing some of the challenges we face though obviously modern traffic engineers have more tools available to deal with some of these issues (though most urban street...

Thoughtful and well written article about the evolution of roadway design standards between the U.S. and Netherlands from the PPS blog.   http://blog.pps.org/what-can-we-learn-from-the-dutch-self-explaining-roads/   “Recognizing that it is in these areas that they have the biggest conflicts between the purpose of roads for moving people and the value of roads in providing for exchange and...

Not really a problem in Houston given the limited use of taxis but and interesting situation none the less. Would you feel comfortable asking the taxi driver to hang up next time you are in the Big Apple? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/nyregion/04taxi.html