Safety
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Walk SF Urges Mayor to Prioritize Safety
Advocates want all high-injury streets treated immediately
July 31, 2018
South Lake Tahoe Residents Demonstrate for a Safe Crossing. Caltrans Is Unimpressed
In South Lake Tahoe, advocates demonstrated for pedestrian and bicyclist safety improvements. Caltrans was unimpressed.
July 24, 2018
Another Pedestrian Killed at Sloat and 36th
Another pedestrian killed on Sloat as unsafe conditions persist.
July 18, 2018
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
July 9, 2018
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
