Safety
Streetsblog California
Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act
A 2015 NHTSA report reviewed a range of research showing that people are two to three times more likely to be killed when struck by an SUV than by a typical passenger car.
June 29, 2018
Please Try to Look Squarely at the Crisis of Traffic Fatalities
We invited readers to share their experiences of coping with devastating loss caused by traffic collisions. Kirsten Brewer responded with this essay.
June 25, 2018
SPUR Talk: The Importance of Good Data in Achieving Vision Zero
Before cities can make streets safer, they need good data on collisions--and that data has to be collected well, processed well, and easily accessible to transportation planners, explained Timothy Black with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.
May 25, 2018
It’s Time for Cities to Rethink Right Turns on Red
How the 1970s oil crisis precipitated bad street design that endangers people to this day.
May 15, 2018
How Big Data Can Help Prevent Deaths By Speeding
What if you could reliably pinpoint street segments all over the country where speeding traffic poses a constant threat to life and limb?
May 9, 2018
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
May 2, 2018
Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt
Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.
May 1, 2018
Bill to Change the Way California Sets Speed Limits Slows Down
Laura Friedman's bill now calls for a task force to study why California has such a counterintuitive method for setting speed limits.
April 25, 2018
How to Not Be a Bully Behind the Wheel
Don't be an intersection bully. Follow these pro tips for courteous, non-homicidal driving.
April 25, 2018
Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones
Despite laws against using a hand-held phone or similar device, a new report shows that people are not putting down their phones.
April 23, 2018
