Pedestrian safety Archives — Page 30 of 59

Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And We are Failing the Most Vulnerable

Despite Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, injuries from traffic crashes in 2018 and 2019 were 1 percent higher than in 2016 and 2017. But in communities of color, the number of crash-caused injuries are soaring by double digit percentages.

Christine Berthet

August 19, 2020

Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And We are Failing the Most Vulnerable

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Check Out Oakland’s Quick-Build Protected Intersections

Study shows positive results from the installation of protected intersections around the Lake Merritt BART station

Roger Rudick

August 4, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Angie Schmitt

A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America”

Damien Newton

August 3, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

NYC ‘Cool Streets’ Program Marred By Danger: Cars

The city's “Cool Streets” program — which launched Monday with just 16 blocks as car-free play streets with open fire hydrants for kids — is functionally useless.

Adam Light

July 20, 2020

Car crashes

Want to Stop Car Crashes? Study the Near-Misses

A pilot program in Bellevue, Wash. is using anonymized video and big data to stop crashes before they happen.

Kea Wilson

July 15, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

Op-Ed: Don’t Lose Sight of the Other Pandemic

We must slow down if we want to vaccinate against that other deadly disease called traffic violence

Roger Rudick

July 7, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Meet the Best Bikeway in the Bay Area

Suburban Fremont puts San Francisco, Oakland, etc., on notice: you can do better bike lanes too

Roger Rudick

June 23, 2020

Cars

‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving

As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.

Kea Wilson

June 22, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |NYPD

Common Street Thieves: The NYPD’s New Fortresses

NYPD officials have stolen roadways and sidewalks in front of police station houses across the city over the past few weeks. A Streetsblog investigation.

Streetsblog

June 15, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Accessibility

Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Our Streets!

At the heart of the protests is a demand for the end of racist policing of public space. Will our leaders stop the carnage?

Nicole A. Murray

June 9, 2020

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