Safety
Streetsblog California
How to Save the Lives of Unhoused Pedestrians
A disproportionate number of unhoused pedestrians are being killed in car crashes across America — and protecting this uniquely vulnerable group will require a set of strategies that both include and exceed even the conventional street safety playbook, a new study argues.
June 14, 2022
Why Apple Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Turn a Car Dashboard into an iPhone
Apple's new CarPlay dashboard (!) is prompting a conversation about why regulators aren't taking action on "infotainment" systems that induce the very dangerous driving that manufacturers claim will do the opposite.
June 13, 2022
Commentary: The Boudin Recall and the Failure to Prosecute Traffic Violence
If voters really want cities to get tough on crime, let's start with traffic violence
June 9, 2022
Why Nearly a Fifth of Pedestrians Deaths Happen on Freeways — And How to Stop It
A surprising 17 percent of U.S. pedestrian deaths last year happened on roads where people theoretically should never be walking — and that troubling finding should prompt a conversation about why so many of them are doing it anyway.
June 9, 2022
L.A. Sheriff Villanueva Plans to Expel 5700 Unhoused from Metro System
Step #1 of the "multi-layered" plan to remove unhoused people from trains and platforms is removing unhoused people from trains and platforms.
June 3, 2022
Motorists Kill Two Cyclists and a Pedestrian as Carnage Continues in Oakland, S.F.
Officials in the Bay Area think by using inexpensive plastic and paint (and sometimes gently curving, concrete curbs) they're designing streets to keep everybody safe, motorists included. But what they're really doing is transferring the consequences of reckless driving from the perpetrators to everyone else. These past few weeks we've seen the tragic results.
June 3, 2022
OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles
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June 2, 2022
Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths as Much as You Think
The trouble with this "smart" tech, though, is that drivers can easily outsmart it — and that's by the company's and regulators' own design.
June 2, 2022
Eyes on the Street: West Hollywood’s Pilot Willoughby Neighborhood Greenway
West Hollywood's pilot Willoughby Neighborhood Greenway is a decent step in a healthy livable direction, but its effectiveness has been undermined by scofflaw drivers
June 1, 2022
Reckless Motorists, Dangerous Streets: a Deadly Combination
Dangerous motorist behaviors, such as speeding, crosswalk incursions, and going the wrong way on a one-way street, are tolerated by law enforcement and a judicial system that basically never suspends or revokes the license of even the most egregious offenders.
May 27, 2022
