Recent Streetsblog USA posts about pedestrians

Want Drivers to Stop at Crosswalks? Slow Them Down First

By Kea Wilson | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments

Many motorists yield to pedestrians in crosswalks — but not when they're driving at deadly speeds, according to a new study that shows the need to slow down car drivers with broader road design changes, and not just more signs and paint.

Cincinnati Hires Dedicated In-House Crew To Build Pedestrian Infrastructure

By Kea Wilson | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments

In what could be a model for cities across America, Cincinnati is creating an in-house team to build safer streets for people who walk and roll, and vaulting over one of the most common roadblocks to saving vulnerable road users lives.

Big Auto’s Fuel Economy Plateau is Especially Bad News for Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Dec 15, 2022 | No Comments

Average fuel economy on new U.S. vehicles has hit a troubling plateau last year, a new federal report finds — and the reason why is particularly bad news for vulnerable road users, in addition to the planet at large.

Study: Active Transportation-Friendly Zoning is On the Rise

By Rob Steuteville | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

More zoning codes are calling for infrastructure that facilitates walking, bicycling, and non-automotive travel in daily life, a new study finds. But while those codes reflect the intentions of cities, they'll need public and private investment to realize these goals.

Walkable City 10 Years Later: What If We Took Traffic Violence As Seriously As Terror?

By Jeff Speck | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Research suggests that you are 568 times less likely to die in a terror attack than a car crash. So why do cities devote so much less to making their cities walkable than they do to preventing politically-motivated violence?

Walkable City 10 Years Later: COVID-Safe Streets Are Walkable Streets

By Jeff Speck | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

Aside from Zoom — and, of course, mRNA vaccines — the most impactful technology to evolve thanks to COVID was the one at the very heart of Walkable City: street design. Jeff Speck explores how the pandemic re-shaped our streets — and what it will take to make those changes permanent.

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