Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Safety

Mayor London Breed in 2018. She has ordered a sweeping review of SF’s Slow Streets program, which could reveal how willing the city is to remake itself to meet climate, transit, and street safety goals.

SF Streets at a Crossroads: One Route Leads to Fewer Cars, Another to the Same Old Traffic

By Kristi Coale | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Breed says COVID slow streets must ‘evolve.’ Next month brings a key debate on matching our roadways to climate and safety pledges.

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Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85%

By Kea Wilson | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

A Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.

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Four Reasons Not to Celebrate NHTSA’s New Fatality Numbers

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

News dropped yesterday that the number of people dying in motor vehicles across the country went down slightly during the first half of 2022 — but don't start celebrating.

Activist group Sustainable SGV leads a community walk on Fremont Avenue. Credit: Chris Greenspon/Streetsblog

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Alhambra Locals Sound Off on Dangers for Kids Walking on Fremont Ave

By Chris Greenspon | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Sustainable SGV Coalition brought residents together for a brainstorm to make walking to Fremont Elementary safer for students

The Bay Area already has a center-running, on-street bike lane, this one in Oakland. Photo: Photo: Babye Champ

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SFMTA Re-Proposes Ridiculous Center-Running Valencia Bike Lanes

By Roger Rudick | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

It's the old Valencia bait-in-switch.

Redwood Road, where a motorist slammed into people *inside* this Trader Joe's. Yet cyclists are given a bike lane that crosses slip turns, along a six lane stroad in this grotesque example of how not to make people safe. Image: Google Maps

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Commentary: The Dutch Call Dangerous Designs Evil. They’re Right.

By Roger Rudick | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

Let's use the right word to describe when planners and politicians build things they know will cause death and dismemberment

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