Pedestrian safety Archives — Page 33 of 59

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Repeat After Me: Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Traffic

SF Chron headline pits teachers against cyclists, but that's a steaming pile of scapegoating for failed transportation and housing policies

Roger Rudick

February 7, 2020

Repeat After Me: Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Traffic

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

City Admits Screw-Up on Brooklyn Bridge

"I will admit we have had some ups and downs," the city's transportation commissioner said about delays at the congested tourist Mecca. "I apologize."

Gersh Kuntzman

January 30, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

FREE AT LAST! Market Street is Finally for the People

After decades of campaigns, advocacy and hard work, the dream of a car-free Market Street is here

Roger Rudick

January 29, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Equity

NYPD Targets Blacks and Latinos for ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets

The NYPD has found another way to harass people of color: jaywalking tickets.

Martin Samoylov

January 8, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

Wanted: Strategy for Curtailing Monster SUVs

New York's 'shaming' campaign is a start, but activists should push for national pedestrian-safety standards and local car-free zones.

Eve Kessler

January 8, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |Bicycle Infrastructure

Here’s What Cities Can Do When They Banish Cars

Does "street" have to mean asphalt? Or can it mean grass or something else?

Roger Rudick

January 3, 2020

Oslo

Vision Zero! Norwegian Capital Completely Quashes Road Deaths

Secrets from Oslo, where the zero of Vision Zero is taken seriously.

Aaron Short

January 3, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Infrastructure

Streetsies 2019: NYC Projects of the Year

The Department of Transportation got some things — OK, many things — right this year. And the nominees for the Streetsie are...

Streetsblog

December 26, 2019

Bicycle Safety

A BILL OF GOODS: Why are We Putting Up With Parking-Protected Bike Lanes?

We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.

Aaron Short

December 3, 2019

Streetsblog NYC |Car Dependence

Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 21, 2019

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