Safety
Streetsblog California
Why Do We Love Cars More Than We Love Our Children?
The county spent $8.9M redoing Huntington Drive and didn't make it safe for bicycling. What if we had given up a lane to create a place for bicycles that is physically separated from all those speeding cars?
Liz Schiller
August 16, 2023
LAPD Traffic Safety PSA Scolds Pedestrian for Getting Hit by Red Light Runner
Sometimes recycling isn't good for the environment.
August 14, 2023
How Communities Can Fight Back Against Ever-Larger Cars and Trucks
What can cities do to stem the megacar crisis while the feds drag their feet?
August 9, 2023
Missing Metro Regional Connector First/Last Mile Facilities Worse Than Reported Earlier
Metro and LADOT quietly omitted and downgraded extensive bike and walk improvements approved and funded for Little Tokyo - in addition to omissions at Grand and Broadway stations
July 26, 2023
Baldwin Park Pilots Roundabout on City’s North Side
The temporary roundabout is located on Maine Avenue, the location of several other mobility and livability projects
July 24, 2023
Santa Monica’s New 17th Street Curb-Protected Bike Lanes Are Amazing
Nearly completed, Santa Monica's excellent 17th Street bike/ped improvements include Southern California's first European-type curb-protected intersections
July 7, 2023
Advocates React To the Feds’ Latest Offensive Bike Safety PSA
We wish we could celebrate true freedom — from terrible public service announcements from our government.
July 5, 2023
Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All
Every year, hundreds of people die horrific deaths in underride crashes U.S. roads. But a new documentary says regulators aren't counting the vast majority of them — or mandating a simple technology to save their lives.
June 15, 2023
Five Better Ways to Do Traffic Safety Education Beyond PSAs
Too often, road user "education" in the U.S. looks like pedestrian-shaming PSAs, flimsy driver's ed courses, and lame signs on the side of the road. Streetsblog readers say there's a better way.
June 14, 2023
San Francisco Finishes Make-Believe Speed Table
"There were a series of design decisions made (many about accessibility) that made it difficult to make the intersection design feel and look sidewalk-level."
June 8, 2023
