Pedestrian safety
Basics
Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street With Kids
We don’t normally report on vehicle crashes here on the Capitol Hill blog, but this was so outrageous we couldn’t help ourselves.
July 14, 2011
T4America: Just Like Plane Crashes, Pedestrian Deaths Are a National Issue
Over the last decade, nearly 48,000 people were killed in the simple act of walking. Many of them were on streets built only to accommodate fast-moving cars, without safe places for people to walk or cross the street.
May 24, 2011
Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians
If you had to cross this road on your walk to work, wouldn’t you rather drive?
May 24, 2011
How Pedestrian! The Walking Movement Flexes Its Muscle
People tend to identify most strongly with things that set them apart. If everyone’s doing something, it hardly seems worth calling attention to the fact that you do it too.
November 16, 2010
See a Pattern of Deadly Dump Trucks? Don’t Bother Federal Safety Officials
Last Wednesday in Brooklyn, the driver of a private garbage truck ignored a bicyclist riding alongside and crushed him as the truck rounded a corner, according to a preliminary NYPD investigation. Police identified the victim as Eling Rivera, 51, of East New York.
July 13, 2010
Bipartisan Ped Safety Amendment Hitches a Ride on House Auto Bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday advanced an auto safety bill aimed at strengthening U.S. DOT regulators' hands in the aftermath of Toyota's recall debacle. Despite Republican complaints that the legislation would impose too many new costs on the car industry, bipartisan support emerged readily for an amendment focused on pedestrian safety.
May 27, 2010
New Analysis Tracks 40 Years of Changes in How Kids Get to School
The percentage of U.S. students between ages five and 14 who walk or bike to school has remained stable over the past 15 years but remains three-quarters below where it stood 40 years ago, according to a new analysis of government data by two groups working on the Safe Routes to School (SRtS) program.
April 9, 2010
WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic
The disparity between the 13 percent of road fatalities suffered by non-drivers and the amount that the federal government spends on their safety -- less than 1 percent -- may come as a surprise to some Americans. But the situation is far worse in the developing world, according to a new World Health Organization report.
June 16, 2009
Midtown Movie Car Chase Ends with Car Jumping Curb, Injuring Two
The New York Post
has posted shocking video of a movie car chase being filmed in Times
Square that ended with a car losing control, jumping the curb and
injuring two pedestrians. (Warning: this includes some graphic images):
May 4, 2009