safety
Streetsblog California
Compelling Evidence That Wider Lanes Make City Streets More Dangerous
The "forgiving highway" approach to traffic engineering holds that wider is safer when it comes to street design. After decades of adherence to these standards, American cities are now criss-crossed by streets with 12-foot wide lanes. As Walkable City author Jeff Speck argued in CityLab last year, this is actually terrible for public safety and the pedestrian environment.
May 28, 2015
SFMTA Proposes Short-Term Safety Upgrades for Octavia Boulevard
Ten years after Octavia Boulevard opened in the footprint of the former Central Freeway, the SFMTA has proposed a package of short-term safety fixes for people walking and biking, especially along the cross streets.
May 8, 2015
The Real Danger to Children Is Cars, Not Strangers
Free-range parenting is having a moment in the national media, after neighbors in Silver Spring, Maryland, called the police to report that two children of the Meitiv family were frequently seen -- gasp! -- walking home from a park. Whether children need to be supervised all the time or should have the freedom to navigate their community is a surprisingly polarizing topic.
May 7, 2015