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Neighborhood Council Coalition Approves Neutral Motion Calling for Community Consultation on Road Diets
This represents a victory for livability, as an early version of the motion had been strongly anti-road-diet.
January 7, 2019
A Super Quick Fix for a Dangerous Road in Baltimore
Using Jersey barriers filled with water for ballast, the city carved a safe walking and biking path out of a lane of car traffic.
July 17, 2018
SFMTA Cancels Townsend Safety Project; Advocates Fight Back
Roughly seventy safety advocates donned yellow t-shirts and stood on the edge of the bike lanes along Townsend Street at the King Street Station yesterday evening to demand safety upgrades.
July 12, 2018
Calling Attention to a Dangerous Crossing in Berkeley
Caltrans plans to add a pedestrian beacon at a busy crossing, but will it make anything safer for bicyclists?
May 9, 2018
How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed?
Rather than raise speed limits, let’s lower design speeds, so the mistakes are less impactful when they inevitably happen
March 7, 2018
Oh #%&@! Bonin Caves to Backlash, Announces Playa Del Rey Safety Un-Do
Backlash drivers are celebrating Bonin's rollback of remaining Playa Del Rey road diets
October 19, 2017
City Removes Safety Measures Where Senior Was Killed
A guerrilla safety group installed safe-hit posts and painted bulb-outs at the intersection where David Grinberg, a 90-year-old man, was killed. The city quickly removed the unauthorized safe-hit posts.
October 12, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Vista Del Mar Returned to Desolate 4-Lane Highway
LADOT, responding to driver backlash, has returned Vista Del Mar to four lanes. The sad desolate stretch now practically invites speeding.
August 29, 2017
Improving Biking Is as Much About Slowing Cars as Building Better Bike Lanes
One of the most important parts of bike infrastructure is invisible.
August 29, 2017
NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It
More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.
July 28, 2017