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Study: Walmart, Fast Food Sites Pose High Risk to Pedestrians
Planners need to pay special attention to pedestrian safety by discount stores and fast food restaurants, according to new research on crashes.
November 21, 2018
Survivors of Traffic Violence Remember
Families urge city leaders to say "crash" not "accident" at this year's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 20, 2018
For a More Walkable City, Enlist the Fire Chief
Rewrite the fire chief’s mandate to optimize public safety, not response times, says Jeff Speck in his new book, "Walkable City Rules."
November 13, 2018
For a More Walkable City, Replace Signals with All-Way Stops
In Philadelphia, replacing traffic lights with four-day stops reduced serious injuries 68 percent, author Jeff Speck explains in an excerpt from his new book, "Walkable City Rules."
October 30, 2018
Street Story: A New Way to Collect and Share Data about Street Safety
Street Story, launching today, aims make it easy for advocacy groups and planning agencies to collect and analyze information about pedestrian and bicyclist safety, while improving community engagement.
October 17, 2018
Jeff Speck: For a Walkable City, Remove Centerlines on Local Streets
In an excerpt from his new book, Walkable City Rules, Jeff Speck says centerline stripes don't belong on residential streets.
October 16, 2018
Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis
Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.
October 15, 2018
Why, Oh Why? Another Deadly Year for Pedestrians
What was a shocking increase in pedestrian fatalities just a few years ago is quickly becoming the new normal.
October 5, 2018
Walkable City Rules: Don’t Expand City Streets for Self-Driving Cars
An excerpt from the upcoming book Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places by Jeff Speck.
October 4, 2018
Rainbow Crosswalk Painters Strike Again
Serial scofflaws hit downtown Oakland in boldest attack yet
September 5, 2018
