More Protected Bike Lanes = More Women Cyclists, New Study Shows
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Protect women and they will bike.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Street Safety
‘ALWAYS SCARED’: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children
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A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking
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Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.
OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
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Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
EXCERPT: There are No ‘Accidents’ — We Have Been Fooled into Thinking There Are
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This excerpt from the new book, "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster — Who Profits and Who Pays the Price" will make you rethink crashes, capitalism and culpability.
OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror
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Entitled, app-using New Yorkers don't seem to understand their central role in creating unsafe streets.