Bicycle Safety
Basics
Safety in Bike-Share: Why Do Public Bikes Reduce Risk for All Cyclists?
What if Yankees legend Yogi Berra had followed a season with 24 homers and 144 hits with one featuring 27 homers and 189 hits? Would the baseball scribes have declared “Yogi Power Shortage” because only one in seven hits was a homer instead of one in six? Duh, no. The headlines would have read, “Yogi Boosts Production Across the Board.” The fact that a greater share of base hits was singles and doubles would have been incidental to the fact that Yogi’s base hits and homers were both up.
July 8, 2014
Jury Awards “Precedent-Setting” $2.4 Million to Doored Cyclist
In a decision that local advocates say delivers a “strong message” to drivers, a Philadelphia jury awarded a cyclist $2.4 million in damages earlier this month for injuries she sustained in a 2011 collision.
June 18, 2014
What Is Your State Doing to Improve Walking and Biking?
How good are your state's policies on walking and biking?
April 18, 2014
Big Win in Charleston: Car Lane Converted to Bike/Ped Path on Key Bridge
Charleston, South Carolina's Legare Bridge carries about 56,000 cars over the Ashley River daily, but it's never had a safe path for people on bikes. Connecting central Charleston with population centers to the west and south, it is such a critical corridor that bicycle advocates call it Charleston's "missing link."
February 27, 2014
Before We Build, We Should Review How a Project Will Affect Safety
Jim Aloisi is a Boston-based lawyer, historian and transportation policymaker. He is a former Massachusetts state secretary of transportation. His most recent book is The Vidal Lecture.
February 11, 2014
New Bill Would Make Bike/Ped Projects Eligible for TIFIA Loans
The day after President Obama’s State of the Union plea to improve economic opportunity for struggling Americans, New Jersey Democrat Albio Sires introduced a bill that he says will help meet that goal.
January 30, 2014
A Thousand Cyclists Hold “Die-in” to Demand Safer Streets in London
In a potent demonstration for safer streets, 1,000 Londoners staged a "die-in" with their bikes in front of the city's transportation offices Friday. ABC producer Meredith Frost shared the above image, taken during the 15 minute demonstration. It has been going viral on the Internet. The original photo was taken by a member of the public and given to the Stop Killing Cyclists protest group.
December 2, 2013
Another Bike/Ped Safety Bill Coming Soon, Courtesy of Rep. Albio Sires
His remarks came on the heels of yesterday's release of national safety data that confirmed that pedestrian and cyclist fatalities comprise a growing share of overall traffic deaths.
November 15, 2013
Blumenauer, Bipartisan Co-Sponsors Set Out to Improve Street Safety Metrics
After a long period of inaction on Capitol Hill, the wheels are beginning to turn again. Lawmakers introduced not one but two good transportation-related bills yesterday: one that aims to improve the safety of walking and biking and one that would establish a national infrastructure bank.
November 15, 2013
Distracted Driving Is Claiming the Lives of More Pedestrians and Cyclists
Total traffic deaths have declined nationwide in recent years, but the same has not held true for the most vulnerable people on the streets: cyclists and pedestrians. In 2011, 130 more pedestrians were killed in traffic than the year before, a 3 percent increase, while 54 more people lost their lives while biking, an increase of 8 percent. The same year, overall traffic deaths declined 2 percent.
October 23, 2013