Pedestrian safety
Basics
Safety Board Responds to Ped Crash Crisis
Better headlights. Safer front ends. More money and resources for pedestrian planning. That's NTSB's prescription for skyrocketing pedestrian deaths.
September 26, 2018
New Mass. Pedestrian Safety Plan Includes Snow Removal
If states stop ignoring pedestrians, and get serious about protecting them — like Massachusetts has proposed — enormous resources would be available to improve safety.
September 19, 2018
ABC News in D.C. Calls Dead Pedestrians “Lazy”
Appalling lack of sensitivity from the media on the subject of pedestrian deaths continues.
August 28, 2018
NC Cuts Safety Program For Kids While Pouring Billions into Roads
North Carolina is ending a relatively inexpensive program aimed at helping students walk and bike to school. Meanwhile there's no shortage of money for highways.
August 24, 2018
Self-Driving Car Makers Prepare to Blame “Jaywalkers”
Self-driving car companies tech isn't advanced enough to detect pedestrians. Rather than wait until it matures, they're trying to blame pedestrians.
August 17, 2018
Baton Rouge Advocates Look to Tear Down Institutional Barriers to Safe Streets
One city where it's especially tough to implement safety improvements for walking and biking is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now the advocates at Bike Baton Rouge have mapped out a strategy to change that.
August 9, 2018
How Lazy Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Obscures Why Streets Are So Dangerous
Journalists should be more skeptical of police accounts of pedestrian deaths.
August 8, 2018
Outlawed Abroad, Killer “Bull Bars” Are the Hot Fashion Accessory for Police Departments
"Bull bars" make cars look aggressive and militaristic. And they kill pedestrians.
August 2, 2018
Cities Are Replacing Dangerous Slip Lanes With Space for People
What a difference some paint makes.
July 13, 2018
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
July 6, 2018