Pedestrian safety
OPINION: Sorting Out Space for Pedestrians and Cyclists
July 16, 2021
SPUR Talk: Lessons from Delft, an Urban Ideal
July 14, 2021
The Newest Bike-Friendly County in the U.S. Is In…Suburban Idaho?
A massive transportation authority in Idaho is promising to build protected bike lanes whenever they resurface the most dangerous multi-lane roads in their region, and some advocates think state DOTs across the country should follow their lead.
June 29, 2021
Three Turning Restrictions Cities Need To Put On Drivers
To everything there is a season — but killer turns (turns, turns) should never get the time of day in U.S. cities.
June 28, 2021
Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking
And transportation leaders aren’t doing enough to design streets that can make people of all genders feel comprehensively safe traveling outside cars.
June 28, 2021
Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?
A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.
June 9, 2021
Why Regulators Aren’t Taming the U.S. Megacar Crisis
Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.
June 4, 2021
TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas
Want to turn underused street space into people space? A cool video shows you the ropes.
May 28, 2021
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report
The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
May 26, 2021
Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC
May 25, 2021
