The People Left Behind By Car-Centric Planning
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A kid walking to school is an afterthought, or worse, an inconvenience in a system that aspires to scientific efficiency in moving cars.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about pedestrian safety
Albuquerque Hits a New Low With Cruel Response to Pedestrian Deaths
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To prevent pedestrian deaths, Albuquerque is cracking down on -- get this -- panhandlers.
The Campaign to Fix Atlanta’s Most Dangerous Street and Preserve Its Immigrant Cultures
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Can Buford Highway, the most dangerous road in Georgia, become a walkable place for the immigrant communities that call it home?
Where “Jaywalking” Is Not a Crime
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In Dutch cities, people can cross the street wherever they think it's safe.
A Truck Driver Struck Three Black People Walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Police Charged the Victims.
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A truck driver struck and injured three young black men walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana, on Tuesday, and the local authorities only want to penalize the victims. Police charged the three men who were struck, filing misdemeanors for not wearing reflective clothing and "obstructing a public passage."
Cell Phones Don’t Make Walking Dangerous — Car-Based Cities Do
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Forget cell phone use or dark clothing. What makes walking dangerous are streets and cities that were shaped during the heyday of auto-sprawl.
Seattle Council Member Asks Whether “Jaywalking” Laws Do More Harm Than Good
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The concept of "jaywalking" has become deeply embedded in American culture, but if you go back just a few generations, the idea that your mere presence in the street could be illegal was a novel idea. Now one elected official in Seattle is suggesting that laws penalizing people outside of cars have gone too far.
How “Distracted Walking” Hype Puts Pedestrians at Risk
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It's easier to blame pedestrian deaths on victims than to confront our responsibility to create a safer transportation system.
New Flyover-Free Western Avenue Corridor Is a Mixed Bag From a Safety Perspective
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The five-way intersection of Belmont, Western, and Clybourn, as well as the stretch of Western between the Chicago River and Lane Tech High, is friendlier to pedestrians and a lot less gloomy thanks to the just-completed project to remove the nearly 60-year-old Riverview flyover. However, the street makeover missed some opportunities to make the corridor […]
Media Draw Attention to Deadly Suburban Speedways in North and South Carolina
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Newspapers in Greenville and Fayetteville examined hazardous conditions for local pedestrians -- and they did it without using the "J" word.
Blaming People for Wearing Black Wins the Prize for Anti-Pedestrian Idiocy
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It takes a special kind of callousness to say that pedestrians are making city streets dangerous by wearing black. And yet, that's exactly what the Seattle Times did this weekend.