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MacArthur Park’s Alvarado Street Triple Scramble Boosts Pedestrian Safety
As part of Vision Zero, LADOT installed three pedestrian scrambles along MacArthur Park's Alvarado Street: at 7th Street, Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street
December 15, 2017
Wrongheaded Koretz Sidewalk Repair Amendment Slights Pedestrians and Vision Zero
Councilmember Paul Koretz proposed removing prioritization criteria that links sidewalk repair to Vision Zero
December 6, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Scramble Crossing at 7th and Avarado
LADOT put in a new diagonal "scramble" crosswalk at the intersection of Alvarado and Seventh Streets, one of the most pedestrian-traveled intersections in Southern California.
December 1, 2017
Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist
A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.
November 17, 2017
“Distracted Walking” Is a Distraction From the Real Problem
Data clearly shows that distracted driving is the genuine public safety threat. But lawmakers still traffic in victim-blaming.
November 3, 2017
Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland?
Federal transportation engineering guidelines conflate conformity with safety.
October 31, 2017
Santa Ana Active Streets Is Building an Equity-Centered, Resident-Led Transportation Coalition
Herein a short history of the founding of SAAS and what makes it distinct from transportation advocacy groups in other parts of the country, including some of the guiding principles that helped form the coalition.
October 20, 2017
Seniors Plead with SFMTA for Safer Fell Street
A handful of determined seniors pleaded with the SFMTA to take immediate action to make the Fell Street and Baker intersection crossing, which connects the Mercy Terrace senior home with the Panhandle Park, safe.
October 19, 2017
Walk San Francisco Names New Executive Director
Walk SF's new director worked as Deputy Director at the SF Housing Action Coalition, as Development Director at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and on S.F.'s Great Streets Project.
October 18, 2017
Governor Brown Signs Bill: No More Tickets for Crossing on Countdown
Pedestrians are now legally allowed to enter a crosswalk after a countdown signal has started.
October 3, 2017
