Pedestrian safety
Basics
6 Times NHTSA Scolded Pedestrians When It Knew SUVs Were Killing Them
Since 2015, NHTSA has known that SUVs were two to three times more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Instead it blamed headphones and Pokemon Go.
July 2, 2018
Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act
A 2015 NHTSA report reviewed a range of research showing that people are two to three times more likely to be killed when struck by an SUV than by a typical passenger car.
June 29, 2018
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
June 19, 2018
Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse
Seven members of Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board resigned in disgust this week, frustrated by the lack of action from city officials to make streets safer for walking and biking.
June 1, 2018
Nope, Harassing Panhandlers Isn’t a Pedestrian Safety Plan
The criminalization of walking continues in Dayton, Ohio.
May 29, 2018
How Uber’s Self-Driving System Failed to Brake and Avoid Killing Elaine Herzberg
The National Transportation Safety Board is out with a preliminary report into how an Uber car in self-driving mode struck and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, this March.
May 24, 2018
Phoenix Dithers on Traffic Safety While People Die
In a city where streets are dreadful for pedestrians, the victims of dangerous walking conditions are mostly poor people, and public officials aren't responsive to the risks they face.
May 24, 2018
20 MPH Speed Limits Might Become the New Normal in Scotland
The "20's Plenty" movement may be on the verge of a new milestone.
May 16, 2018
It’s Time for Cities to Rethink Right Turns on Red
How the 1970s oil crisis precipitated bad street design that endangers people to this day.
May 15, 2018
Study Links Rise of SUVs to the Pedestrian Safety Crisis
The findings also undermine the idea that "distracted pedestrians" are the problem.
May 9, 2018
