Pedestrian Safety

Matt Sledge

Bicycle, Pedestrian Funding Saved with New Transportation Bill Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Video, Transportation Enhancements, Ben Cardin, Safe Routes to Schools, Harry Reid, Senate-Transportation-Bill, Bicycling, Thad Cochran, Pedestrians, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety, Pedestrian Safety, I-35w-Bridge-Collapse, Politics News

If a transportation bill amended Thursday passes the Senate, it will likely include dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian paths. Bicycle and...

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C.W. Nevius Changes Course, Perpetuates Prejudice Against Bicyclists

Morgan Fitzgibbons | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Bicycling, The-Wiggle-San-Francisco-Ca, Craig Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle, Pedestrian Safety, San Francisco News
Morgan Fitzgibbons

Chronicle writer C.W. Nevius can't seem to make up his mind. In July, Nevius penned an ode to the Wiggle, the popular bike path. Unfortunately, Nevius' moment of clarity seems to have been particularly short-lived.

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As the House Transportation Bill Languishes, There's Still Time to 'Fix It First'

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Smart Growth America, House of Representatives, Surface Transportation Bill, Public Transportation, Bicycling, Road Repair, Transit, Bipartisanship, Pedestrian Safety, Transportation Reauthorization, Smart Growth, Infrastructure, Third Industrial Revolution, Politics News
Geoffrey Anderson

Americans are ready for an economically sound, people-friendly, and bipartisan transportation bill. It's a good thing our elected officials have extra time to meet those expectations.

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DOT Approves Plan To Make Dangerous Delancey Street Safer

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: New York Traffic, Lower East Side, Ny News, Delancey Street, Janette Sadik-Khan, Pedestrian Safety, Transportation, Department of Transportation, New York News

Thanks to the city's Department of Transportation, a new plan is in the works to improve the busy intersections of Delancey Street into a more safe ar...

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Do We Need to Address Distracted Pedestrians?

Beckley Mason | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Distracted Pedestrians, Pedestrian Traffic, Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Safety, Pedestrian Deaths, Distracted Pedestrian Laws, San Francisco News
Beckley Mason

As our lives become ever more entwined with technology, is it time to consider a law that would fine people for distracted walking?

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NOT AGAIN: Golden Gate Bridge Bike Lane Closes Just Weeks After Reopening

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Walk the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge Sidewalks, Bikes, Golden Gate Bridge Bike Lane, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge Sf, Golden Gate Bridge Bike, Bike the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge Bike Lane Closure, Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, Pedestrian Safety, San Francisco News

Just when you thought it was safe to go back over the water...the Golden Gate Bridge bike lane is closing for the second time in a year as the structu...

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PHOTOS: Can Mannequins In The Loop Encourage Pedestrian Safety?

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Mannequins, Cross Walks, Mannequins in Chicago, Chicago Pedestrian Plan, Safety Campaign, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago Police Department, Pedestrians, Gabe Klein, Cdot, Pedestrian Safety, Idot, Chicago News

The Chicago Department of Transportation launched a citywide awareness campaign by installing 32 mannequins along Wacker Dr., each representing one of...

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24 Seconds to Roadkill

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Energy, Walking, National Security, Environment, Public Health, Pedestrian Safety, Health Costs, Pedestrians, Politics News
Matthew Edlund, M.D.

The United States remains intensely car friendly -- and pedestrian hostile. And that says a lot about our public safety, health, future obesity epidemic and how seriously we believe in global climate change.

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Janell Ross

Transit Cuts Costing Workers Their Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Public Transportation, Black Unemployment, Jobs, Public Transit, Transit Spending, Brookings Institution, Pedestrian Safety, Bv-Money, Transportation, Business News

NEW YORK -- The people are in one place, many of the new jobs in another, according to a recent report. "Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs In M...

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John Slattery, Mad Men Star, Fights Sanitation Garage In Neighborhood

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Side Highway, Manhattan, Mad Men, Department of Sanitation, New York Department of Sanitation, John Slattery, Roger Sterling, John Slattery Sanitation Garage, Pedestrian Safety, Sterling Cooper, New York City, New York, New York News

NEW YORK — "Mad Men" star John Slattery says not in my back yard. The actor, who plays advertising executive Roger Sterling on the hit televisi...

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