Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Safety

Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims

By Tara Goddard, Kelcie Ralph, Calvin G. Thigpen and Evan Iacobucci | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

A new academic paper argues that a shift away from the victim-blaming of most news coverage of traffic crashes involving pedestrians could improve the lackluster policy debate around vehicle violence.

Assemblymember Laura Friedman addresses a joint hearing on micromobility regulations. Image: screengrab from CA Assembly

What Regulatory Role Should the State Play with Scooters, Bike-share? CA Legislators Want to Know

By Melanie Curry | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments

State legislators hope to avoid repeating mistakes made when ride-hail companies suddenly showed up on the scene.

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Valencia Bike-Lane Violations by Paint and Numbers

By Stephen Braitsch | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

Citing vehicles for illegal parking is a necessary, short-term solution but each of these corridors desperately need fully protected bike lanes their entire length as soon as possible to protect the thousands of people who cycle, scoot and skate along them daily.

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OakDOT Talks Safety at Garfield Elementary

By Roger Rudick | Oct 25, 2019 | No Comments

Transportation Department officials and lawmakers discuss street treatments at site of latest tragedy, Foothill and 22nd.

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Report: Drivers Get More Protection — The Rest of Us Get Slaughtered

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

Cars are getting safer, but only for people inside the vehicle.

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Driver Killing Koreatown 4-Year-Old Sparks Protest Push for Vision Zero

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

As traffic deaths rise, L.A.'s Vision Zero program survives in name, but as a hollow shell robbed of its early promise

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