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Oakland DOT Compares Notes at Vision Zero Conference
Oakland, Cambridge, Atlanta, and other cities compare notes this week at the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition's Vision Zero conference
March 24, 2021
Confirmed: Pedestrian Fatality Rate Up By Double Digits
The nation's battle with COVID-19 had a terrible side-effect for America's pedestrians: more death.
March 23, 2021
Legislative Update: Bike Stop-as-Yield Bill Passes First Hurdle
Maybe it's finally time for California to acknowledge - and codify - what is reasonable behavior and common practice.
March 22, 2021
STUDY: How Race and Income Impact Road Safety in Oregon
A growing body of research has proven that incomplete and dangerous transportation infrastructure in lower-income areas has a disparate negative impact on Black, Indigenous and people of color. Now ODOT’s own analysis proves the existence of these impacts on BIPOC Oregonians for the first time.
March 11, 2021
Keep Natoma Street Open
A hotel development adjacent to Natoma wants to build a big parking garage and revert the street back to cars
March 9, 2021
Livermore Police Blame Hit & Run Victim for Her Own Death
A truck driver right hooked, ran over, and killed Christine Boyle while she was riding the Iron Horse trail. Then he fled the scene. Police file no charges and blame Boyle.
March 8, 2021
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.
March 8, 2021
REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
Total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the one-year increase in the death rate was the highest since 1924.
March 5, 2021
S.F. Street Crews Getting Better About Bikes?
It's as yet anecdotal, but it seems as if S.F. construction crews are thinking more about vulnerable road users
February 18, 2021
The Reason More Women Drivers Die in Car Crashes
Women drivers are more likely to die in crashes because the male drivers who hit them are more likely to be driving trucks and SUVs, a new study finds.
February 16, 2021
