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Pedestrian Infrastructure

A New Pedestrian Plan for St. Paul

The city of St. Paul released a draft Pedestrian Plan in November, its first-ever addendum to the city's Comprehensive Plan to focus specifically on pedestrian safety.

January 2, 2019 - Next City

Traffic Safety Advocates

Traffic Fatalities in New York Decline to Levels Not Seen Since the Dawn of the Automobile

Traffic fatalities declined in New York City for the fifth consecutive year.

December 28, 2018 - Curbed New York

Bike Infrastructure

Friday Funny: The Onion Eviscerates Bike Planning

More scathing satire from The Onion, which continues a long history of dissecting the priorities of society as reflected in the built environment and the public realm.

December 7, 2018 - The Onion

Pedestrian Safety

Cross Walk Flags Create a Pedestrian Safety Controversy

Safety advocates in Halifax, Nova Scotia have installed crosswalk flags at over 150 crosswalks in the city. The question is whether the flags make anyone safer.

November 12, 2018 - The Globe and Mail

Red Light

Proposed Safety Improvements in D.C.: Fewer Right Turns on Red Lights and 20 MPH Speed Limits

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a slew of traffic safety changes, some of which could go into effect in early 2019.

October 25, 2018 - Greater Greater Washington

Uber App

Study: When Ride-Hailing Companies Enter the Market, Traffic Fatalities Increase

These aren't the ride-hailing outcomes we were promised.

October 24, 2018 - ProMarket

Pedestrian Safety

Forget Stop Signs: Use Psychology to Get Drivers to Yield

A new study sheds light on what actually convinces drivers to slow down and stop for pedestrians.

October 21, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

Changes Approved for Pedestrian Safety on San Francisco's Sixth Street

A safety-minded street reconfiguration overcame opposition in San Francisco thanks to strong political leadership.

October 20, 2018 - San Francisco Examiner

Maryland Avenue Bike Lane

Baltimore Approves Complete Streets Ordinance

Complete streets supporters see multiple benefits from prioritizing non-automobile users of the public right of way.

October 17, 2018 - Baltimore Sun

SEPTA Trolley

Philadelphia's First Strategic Transportation Plan Released

Getting serious about mobility and traffic safety in the City of Brotherly Love.

October 15, 2018 - Smart Cities Dive

San Francisco Street

Deadly New York Limousine Crash Prompts Oversight Questions

The deadliest transportation accident in recent years has some asking whether more can be done to regulate modified vehicles, including limos.

October 12, 2018 - NPR

Red Light Camera

Pennsylvania Approves Traffic Cameras in Construction Zones

Construction unions fought for electronic enforcement, citing high fatalities in work zones.

October 10, 2018 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Manhattan Bike Lane

Keeping Construction Sites Clear for Bike Lanes

A proposed law in New York City wants to make sure construction doesn't impede the safe flow of bicycle traffic—the benefit could include better gender representation.

October 4, 2018 - AM New York

D.C. Mayor Proposes New Enforcement Measures to Support Vision Zero

Making a speeding ticket a lot more expensive might convince drivers to slow down.

October 3, 2018 - WJLA

Valencia, Spain

Weekly Scooter Media Brief: September 21-27, 2018

Recent electric scooter news is defined by tragedy.

September 28, 2018 - Planetizen

Crosswalk Market and Third San Francisco

Vision Zero’s Ambitious Safety Plans Face Implementation Realities

The program’s outcomes in different cities show varying levels of success and some failures.

September 24, 2018 - The Guardian

Texas Highways

The Sad State of Traffic Safety

A feature article at the major local daily newspaper in Houston tackles traffic safety and puts the onus on engineers, police, and politicians to come to terms with the destruction they've wrought.

September 10, 2018 - Houston Chronicle

A bus next to the re-located light rail station at Denver's Union Station

Study Details the Traffic Safety Benefits of Public Transit

A new study concludes that not only is transit a safer way to travel, but communities oriented around transit are also safer. As a result, planning approaches that encourage transit also increase traffic safety.

September 4, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

San Francisco Bike Lane

Maybe 'Bike Lanes' Should Be Called 'Narrow Lanes' Instead

With the popularity of electric scooters, it seems like non-automobile travel is gaining a large new constituency. Making room for scooters raises big questions of infrastructure that might not be answered first by nomenclature.

August 27, 2018 - Human Transit

Streets, Not Scooters, Are the Problem

The media coverage of a tragic crash in Cleveland shows how long of a leash drivers and street design get in the debate about traffic safety and the public realm.

August 22, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

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