Vision Hyperion: Advocates Sue City Claiming Inadequate Study of Bridge Redesign
Streetsblog LA
July 7, 2015
“We hope that with more time and another chance to evaluate the options with open minds, thought and reason will prevail,” Ward concluded. “Our communities deserve a historic bridge that is safe and accessible for people walking and biking and [for] people with disabilities.”
Portland Aims To Eliminate Traffic Fatalities — Funding TBD
OPB
June 17, 2015
Here’s a question: which city has a higher rate of traffic deaths per capita, Portland or New York?
If you guessed Portland, you’re right. […]
Weekday Car Traffic to Be Banned in Parts of Central and Prospect Parks
New York Times
June 18, 2015
[…] The closings in Central Park and Prospect Park, which pedestrian advocates have been seeking for decades, will banish cars from sections of the verdant thoroughfares that wind along the edges of both parks. […]
“We’re creating safe zones for kids to play in, for bikers, for joggers, for everyone to know that they will be safer and they can enjoy the park in peace,” he said. […]
California reveals details of self-driving car accidents
LA Times
June 18,2015
California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the next-generation technology is performing during testing on public […]
Honda confirms first California death from faulty Takata air bag
LA Times
June 19, 2015
Honda confirmed the first California death caused by exploding Takata airbags. […] Honda said the Takata Corp. driver’s air bag inflator ruptured in the crash of a rented 2001 Honda Civic […]
Boston Globe
June 22, 2015
[….] Last week, on June 16, the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston convened an older driver safety summit, a “call to action” as the state’s over-65 population is growing at a record pace, and car accidents involving older drivers account for one in five crash-related hospital stays in the state, and 12 percent of crash fatalities. […]
Bike-Friendly States Ranked from Best to Worst
Bicycling Magazine
May 21, 2015
Best
[…] This year, Washington again took the win, for the eighth year in a row. “In Washington, we’re focusing on connected communities and sustainable transportation, and bicycling is an important element of that multimodal system,” Washington Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson told the League. […]
Next City
June 22, 2015
[…] Vision Zero is an idea whose time has come in San Diego. We owe it to San Diegans to have safe streets. […]
Seattle Bike Blog
June 22, 2015
For more than a year, a group of Westlake residents, business owners, industry leaders and community members — including people who walk, bike and drive — have been meeting regularly to work with designers and the city to craft a design plan for a safe Westlake bikeway that considers everyone’s needs. […] So it came as awful news that Nautical Landing, a self-described “superyacht” marina and dealer, has filed a lawsuit anyway, undercutting all that community work and threatening to delay the project for at least a year. […]
M Live
June 22, 2015
[…] The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a defective part in mid-to-late-2000s model cars that has led to a massive recall and a federal investigation. […] The faulty ignition switches at the heart of the unprecedented recall can move out of the “run” position to the “accessory” or “off” positions, leading to a loss of power. […]
