Pedestrian safety
Commentary: Traffic Engineers and DMVs Need to Learn from Aviation
If you think Vision Zero can't be achieved just look up
September 23, 2021
What Happened to “Transit First?”
August 31, 2021
Politicians Talk of Climate Change, Revert to Status Quo
The Great Highway closure was inconvenient for drivers, and now it’s open again. So much for taking action while the world is on fire.
August 30, 2021
More Risk, Less Coverage: How Rideshare Insurance Rules Shortchange NYC Crash Victims
August 30, 2021
OPINION: Seeing New York Through European Eyes Reveals Our Flaws
In Europe, I used to cycle to most places. I was very surprised by the randomness and dangerousness of New York City’s bike lanes. Do the people who plan and build these lanes use them with their children?
August 23, 2021
SEE IT: TransAlt Video Says You Shouldn’t Have To Be An Olympian Just to Live in NYC
August 6, 2021
BREAKING: National ‘Vision Zero’ Resolution Introduced
As an epidemic of traffic deaths surges nationwide, Vision Zero finally is finally gaining traction in Congress.
July 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Stop Tolerating Roadway Deaths in our Communities and Start Prioritizing Traffic Safety over Speed
The lack of attention to our shameful national record of traffic deaths in the latest infrastructure debate is a political, professional, and moral failing. Fortunately, we have a solution: demand that the Biden Administration and Congress prioritize traffic safety, rather than driver speed, for future roadway projects.
July 20, 2021
The Most Dangerous Roads in America for Walkers
Three quarters of the most fatal roads in America for pedestrians are located in low-income neighborhoods, a new study finds — and they overwhelmingly share a handful of notoriously dangerous design characteristics that communities can and must eliminate on any corridor where residents are expected to walk.
July 19, 2021
Should D.C. Rebuild That Infamous Pedestrian Bridge?
The mayor of Washington, D.C. has announced that the city will rebuild a recently-destroyed pedestrian bridge that runs over an urban highway, so far ignoring calls from advocates to more radically reimagine the road that has become a symbol of systemic racism in the region — and setting a troubling precedent for other cities that might be compelled to rethink walking infrastructure that puts the convenience of drivers first.
July 16, 2021
