Improving Biking Is as Much About Slowing Cars as Building Better Bike Lanes
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One of the most important parts of bike infrastructure is invisible.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Traffic Calming
NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It
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More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.
Traffic Calming Is Not the Main Cause of L.A. Metro Bus Speed Issues
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Is Vision Zero in conflict with bus speeds? Metro boardmember Mike Bonin makes a compelling case that bus riders and safety advocates have more common ground than conflict.
Peter Flax L.A. Times Editorial Nails Playa Del Rey Controversy
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Peter Flax has penned a must-read editorial on recent Playa Del Rey street safety controversies. He concludes: "When cars race through neighborhoods where people live, shop and play, speed kills. Taking steps that force us to slow down isn’t an outrage or a conspiracy, it’s making L.A. a better place to live."
Telegraph Avenue Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Show Stunning Results
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Oakland's Telegraph Avenue has seen an increase in people biking and walking as well as a decrease in speed, collisions, and delay along this heavily traveled corridor since reconfiguring the street with a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes. And retail establishments are reporting higher income.
Caltrans Inches Toward a New Paradigm, Part One: New Ped/Bike Safety Chief
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Caltrans has always said that one of its main concerns was the safety of road users, but its focus has been squarely on people in cars, to the detriment of others. The department developed a notion of safety that led it to encourage straightening and widening roads in response to high speeds and crashes, which […]