Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Pedestrian Safety

City Council Takes Aim at CALTRANS Safe Routes to Schools

By Damien Newton | Nov 6, 2008 | No Comments

(Editor’s note: I sat on the Caltrans’ Safe Routes to School Committee for District 7 during the last cycle. Any opinions expressed in this piece are mine and not necessarily the opinions of Caltrans staff or other committee members.) A resolution on today’s City Council Transportation Committee Agenda expresses their frustration with the amount of […]

Car Hits Pedestrian in Crosswalk. LAPD Release Ped. Safety Tips

By Damien Newton | Nov 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

On Sunday, a Cal-State Fullerton student name Yao Loo was, in the words of CBS 2 a car "plowed into the girl, launched her 40 feet in the air, and took off." The LAPD is currently searching for the culprit who is said to drive a Black Lexus or Toyota SUV. CBS 2 doesn’t allow […]

Time-Lapse Scrambling in Toronto

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2008 | No Comments

Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo. Here is a mesmerizing time-lapse video from Spacing Toronto and photoblogger Sam Javanrouh. The clip shows traffic moving through Toronto’s pedestrian scramble — a.k.a. priority crossing, a.k.a. Barnes Dance — installed at Yonge and Dundas Streets last August. There’s no music, so you’ll need your own soundtrack. We suggest […]

LADOT: Halloween a Good Time to Teach Kids to Walk Safe

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

Last year, I complained that Los Angeles didn’t write out it’s own pedestrian safety tips for Halloween. This year an LADOT press release not only lists some helpful, yet common-sense, suggestions; but also uses the holiday to push parents to better educate their children about safe walking. After listing all of their suggestion, the press […]

Why Americans Bike and Walk — Or Don’t

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2008 | No Comments

DC-area blog WashCycle points us to this recently released survey from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [PDF]. The stats on Americans’ bicycling and walking behavior are a little behind the times — from phone interviews done in 2002 — but there are reams of data compiled from nearly 10,000 questionnaires. Some of the most […]

The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

Thanks to commenter Stephen for prodding us to post on the new report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, "Active Transportation for America" (download the PDF here). What makes the report notable are the numbers it contains. It’s jam-packed with quantifiable benefits that would result from increased investment in infrastructure that encourages and supports pedestrians and cyclists. […]

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