add rutgers safety, vmt myth (#10)

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diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
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       share: true
 
 google_analytics:
+include:
+  - _pages
 exclude:
   - docker-compose.yml
   - Gemfile

diff --git a/business.md → _pages/business.md b/business.md → _pages/business.md
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 title: Bikes are good for business
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 taxonomy: Business
+permalink: /business/
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 title: Improving the environment
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 taxonomy: Environment
+permalink: /environment/
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diff --git a/in-the-news.md → _pages/in-the-news.md b/in-the-news.md → _pages/in-the-news.md
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 title: Bike research in the news
 layout: category
 taxonomy: In the news
+permalink: /in-the-news/
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diff --git a/myth-busting.md → _pages/myth-busting.md b/myth-busting.md → _pages/myth-busting.md
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 title: Bike infra myth busting
 layout: category
 taxonomy: Myth busting
+permalink: /myth-busting/
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diff --git a/posts.md → _pages/posts.md b/posts.md → _pages/posts.md
diff --git a/safety.md → _pages/safety.md b/safety.md → _pages/safety.md
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 title: Improved safety for all
 layout: category
 taxonomy: Safety
+permalink: /safety/
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diff --git a/_posts/myth-busting/2024-07-31-short-car-trips.md b/_posts/myth-busting/2024-07-31-short-car-trips.md
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+---
+title: "Myth: most car trips are too far for a bike"
+categories:
+  - Myth busting
+tags:
+  - VMT
+---
+
+#### Fact: ~60% of car trips are less than 6 miles
+
+![histogram of trip length](/images/img/myth-busting/trip-length-histogram.png)
+
+From the data in the FHWA funded [National Household Travel Survey](https://nhts.ornl.gov/) we see that _~27% of trips
+are under 3 miles_.
+
+| Trip distance       | % of trips |
+|:--------------------|:----------:|
+| Less than 0.5 miles |    3.8%    | 
+| 1 mile              |   12.6%    | 
+| 2 miles             |   11.3%    |
+| 3 miles             |   10.7%    |
+| 4 miles             |    7.5%    |
+| 5 miles             |    5.8%    |
+| 6 - 10 miles        |   19.7%    |
+| 11 - 15 miles       |    9.8%    |
+| 16 - 20 miles       |    6.0%    |
+| 21 - 30 miles       |    6.0%    |
+| 31+ miles           |    6.9%    |
+| Unknown             | 0.0% |
+
+Many car trips are short local drives that are well within biking distance especially when the growing popularity of
+e-bikes is factored in.
+
+_Source_: [FOTW #1042, August 13, 2018: In 2017 Nearly 60% of All Vehicle Trips Were Less than Six Miles](https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1042-august-13-2018-2017-nearly-60-all-vehicle-trips-were-less-six)
diff --git a/_posts/safety/2024-07-31-rutgers-bike-lanes-car-speed.md b/_posts/safety/2024-07-31-rutgers-bike-lanes-car-speed.md
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+---
+title: "Traffic Speeds Decrease When Bike Lane is Present, 2024"
+categories:
+  - Safety
+tags:
+  - Asbury, NJ
+---
+
+#### Protected bike lanes provide significant traffic calming
+
+* study compared the speed reduction impacts of bike lane designs in Asbury Park, NJ
+* _painted bike lanes_ 
+  * reduce average right turn speed 11-15%
+  * no reduction in speed of cars driving straight
+* _protected bike lanes_ using "vertical delineators" (flex posts)
+  * reduce max right turn speed 28%
+  * reduce average right turn speed 21%
+  * reduce speed of cars driving next to the bike lane by 8% 
+
+#### Sources 
+
+* Traffic Speeds Decrease When Bike Lane is Present, 2024
+  * [original link](https://www.rutgers.edu/news/traffic-speeds-decrease-when-bike-lane-present)
+  * [pdf](/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed.pdf)
+* The Traffic Calming Effect of Delineated Bicycle Lanes, 2024
+  * [original link](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000013)
+  * [pdf](/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed-academic.pdf)
diff --git a/images/img/myth-busting/trip-length-histogram.png b/images/img/myth-busting/trip-length-histogram.png
diff --git a/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed-academic.pdf b/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed-academic.pdf
diff --git a/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed.pdf b/images/research/rutgers-bike-lane-car-speed.pdf