Pedestrian safety
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Study: ‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have a Lot of the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians
Sidewalk delivery robots struggle to get around U.S. cities for many of the same reasons as human pedestrians, a new study finds — but that's not the only reason why the emerging technology might struggle to deliver on its car-cutting promises without careful planning.
September 26, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: How Walkable Cities Foster Public Health
Why having shopping destinations and an interconnected street network keep people active and alive.
September 22, 2022
Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85%
An Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.
September 21, 2022
Four Reasons Not to Celebrate NHTSA’s New Fatality Numbers
News dropped yesterday that the number of people dying in motor vehicles across the country went down slightly during the first half of 2022 — but don't start celebrating.
September 21, 2022
Opinion: America Should ‘Think Round’ For Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
Congress has not only codified roundabouts into federal law for the first time, and put them at the top of the list of examples of highway safety improvement projects. They've also defined them as providing “for the safety of all road users.”
September 19, 2022
Commentary: The Dutch Call Dangerous Designs Evil. They’re Right.
Motorists hit BUILDINGS, but paint is going to keep a cyclist safe on a six lane arterial? Let's use the right word to describe when planners and politicians build things they know will cause death and dismemberment
September 16, 2022
Opinion: Here’s Why We All Need a ‘Week Without Driving’
Disability Rights Washington spreads awareness of the transportation challenges of the differently abled.
September 16, 2022
SEE IT: Streetfilms Takes You to NYC’s All-Too-Rare, Car-Free School Streets
School zones don't have to be danger zones.
September 8, 2022
Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco
Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California
September 1, 2022
ANALYSIS: Can New York Mandate Speed Governors on New Cars?
Advocates are cheering a first-in-the-nation New York bill that would mandate speed-limiting technology in new cars and would limit large passenger vehicles that have blind spots that endanger pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.
But does New York even have the authority to regulate cars this way?
August 30, 2022
