Public to DOT: Give Us Safety On Northern Boulevard
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Opponents and supporters of prior street safety battles agree that the "New Boulevard of Death" must be fixed.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Complete Streets
Scooters Aren’t a Public Safety Hazard. Dangerous Streets Designed Only for Cars Are.
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A driver struck Jenasia Summers from behind as she rode a scooter in downtown Cleveland, taking her life. If the city had followed its own complete streets policy, she would likely still be alive.
North Carolina DOT Needs a Culture Change to Translate Complete Streets Policy Into Action
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Changing the entrenched practices of transportation agencies is easier said than done.
Florida's Complete Streets Law Saved Lives, and That Wasn't Enough
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Florida's complete streets law led officials to tack on bike and pedestrian infrastructure without changing the car-centric nature of the state's transportation planning.
TransAlt to DOT: Street Redesigns Aren’t a Zero-Sum Game
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The redesign of Fifth Avenue isn't "a zero sum game" where better transit has to take priority over safe bicycling, or vice versa.
The Goal for NYC Streets Should Go Beyond “Vision Zero” — The Grand Concourse Shows Why
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Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg was in the Bronx yesterday to tout safety improvements on the Grand Concourse, historically one of the borough's most dangerous streets for walking and biking. But a lot more needs to change on the Grand Concourse, which still lacks safe, continuous bikeways and treatments to speed up trips for bus riders.