Articles about pedestrian safety
Can Technology Save Cyclists From Drivers? | VeloNews.com
Last updated: 04/13/2021
Every day, Dr. Narelle Haworth makes the 35-minute commute from her home to her office at the Queensland University of Technology by bicycle. Mostly, she follows established...
Pedestrian Deaths: A 'Silent Epidemic' Fueled By Race, Class And Car Design
Last updated: 04/03/2021
We’ve been talking a lot about the pandemic, but there’s another public health crisis affecting Ohio, and indeed, the nation. It’s pedestrian deaths. In July, the deadliest...
What will happen to the city's Slow Streets when the pandemic is over?
Last updated: 04/03/2021
On a warm September evening, a masked classical trio is set up on the sidewalk in front of a stoop on Page Street, playing familiar classical tunes. Passersby stop to take in...
How the MUTCD Creates Unsafe Conditions for People Just Trying to Access Food
Last updated: 04/02/2021
Don Kostelec, AICP, is a 17-year professional in active transportation planning, health analysis and comprehensive planning. In this guest blog, Don shares his experience with...
Florida pedestrian toll sees ‘glimmer of hope’ but vexing challenges remain, safety groups say
Last updated: 04/01/2021
Florida pedestrian toll sees ‘glimmer of hope’ but vexing challenges remain, safety groups say Orlando Sentinel | Mar 26, 2021 at 6:00 AM Thank you for supporting our...
States Finding Ways to Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities
Last updated: 04/01/2021
While a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association showed pedestrian fatalities trended up in the first half of 2020, the report also noted how several...
2020 Could Set Records for Pedestrian Fatality Rates
Last updated: 03/31/2021
The latest edition of the annual "Spotlight on Highway Safety" report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects that the pedestrian fatality rate in the...
America's Roads Are Getting Deadlier, And Fatality Rates Are Worse For Minorities
Last updated: 03/28/2021
Every day, Laura Pho walks outside her home and creates a new memorial — a chalk drawing, usually of a heart — on the patch of pavement where her mother died last summer. "I...
What Happened to Pickup Trucks?
Last updated: 03/22/2021
To get a handle on what’s happened to pickup trucks, it really helps to use a human body for scale. In some nerdy Internet circles — specifically, bike and pedestrian advocacy...
Zero Traffic Deaths Isn't as Far Fetched as It Sounds
Last updated: 03/17/2021
One of the big challenges for proponents of vision zero, or any program that establishes a long term goal of zero traffic deaths, is a persistent sense of disbelief. I am...
