Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Safety

Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

By Kea Wilson | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues.

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California Won’t Be Getting Speed Enforcement Cameras

By Melanie Curry | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

A bill that would have permitted cameras for speed enforcement was killed last week.

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Is This CA 'Idaho Stop' Bill Opponent Lying?

By Melanie Curry | May 17, 2021 | No Comments

A "safety advocate" rewrote the story of her friend's tragic death and has been using it to bolster for her personal "safety" agenda.

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San Diego Makes “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero

By Damien Newton | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.

Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB Priority List

By Kea Wilson | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

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Chicago's Speed Cameras Are Working

By John Greenfield | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

Fatal or serious injury crashes increased by 1 percent near speed cameras between 2012-13 and 2017-18, compared to a 19 percent increase citywide.

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