Pedestrian safety
Basics
While Other Countries Mandate Safer Car Designs for Pedestrians, America Does Nothing
The regulators at the NHTSA have never gotten serious about adapting vehicle design to protect people outside cars, even as pedestrian deaths have soared.
December 7, 2017
Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist
A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.
November 16, 2017
The People Left Behind By Car-Centric Planning
A kid walking to school is an afterthought, or worse, an inconvenience in a system that aspires to scientific efficiency in moving cars.
November 16, 2017
Albuquerque Hits a New Low With Cruel Response to Pedestrian Deaths
To prevent pedestrian deaths, Albuquerque is cracking down on -- get this -- panhandlers.
November 13, 2017
Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland?
Federal transportation engineering guidelines conflate conformity with safety.
October 31, 2017
The Campaign to Fix Atlanta’s Most Dangerous Street and Preserve Its Immigrant Cultures
Can Buford Highway, the most dangerous road in Georgia, become a walkable place for the immigrant communities that call it home?
September 21, 2017
Where “Jaywalking” Is Not a Crime
In Dutch cities, people can cross the street wherever they think it's safe.
September 11, 2017
Honolulu’s Pedestrian-Blaming Law Sets Off a Round of Copycats
Instead of reforming our transportation and land use policies to make walking safer, American cities are doubling down on a dysfunctional system by blaming pedestrians for their own deaths.
September 5, 2017
A Truck Driver Struck Three Black People Walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Police Charged the Victims.
A truck driver struck and injured three young black men walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana, on Tuesday, and the local authorities only want to penalize the victims. Police charged the three men who were struck, filing misdemeanors for not wearing reflective clothing and "obstructing a public passage."
August 25, 2017
Cell Phones Don’t Make Walking Dangerous — Car-Based Cities Do
Forget cell phone use or dark clothing. What makes walking dangerous are streets and cities that were shaped during the heyday of auto-sprawl.
August 1, 2017
