KATU News Portland
4/15/15
[…] a national bike group even gave the city a “platinum bike friendly community” ranking.
Now, an online petition is asking the group to strip that status, claiming the city doesn’t deserve it. […]
Chicago Sun Times
4/15/15
[…] So I don’t believe the commissioner should be able to arbitrarily decide where she wants to honor planned development obligations,” he said. […]
Washington Post
4/15/2015
[…] Mandatory helmet laws and glow-in-the-dark spray paint just show who really owns the roads. […] Please. Cycling head injury statistics are so ambiguous that even the federal government has been forced to stop exaggerating the effectiveness of bicycle helmets under the Data Quality Act. […]
NBC News
4/23/2015
About 1 million bikes from Trek Bicycle Corp. are being recalled after a flaw in their quick-release lever caused injuries to riders, including one who became paralyzed. […]
How Do We Protect New York City’s Pedestrians?
New York Times
April 23, 2015
[…] Longo was one of around 12,000 New York City pedestrians who were injured in traffic accidents in 2013, a statistic that has stayed fairly constant over the last five years. […] The city has deemed about 450 intersections and corridors high-priority zones, where the largest numbers of pedestrian fatalities and injuries have taken place. […]
Boston NPR WBUR 90.9
April 3, 2015
[…] There are more cyclists on the road, and more of them are getting hurt in accidents, some fatal. […] you do need research, and data, to help fix the problem — that is, reduce the number of accidents and deaths. […]
Denver Post
4/4/15
[…] Federal transportation officials are investigating a crash that killed eight members of a Florida church who were riding in a type of van that has raised safety alarms for many years.
It’s unknown what caused the overloaded 15-passenger van to plunge into a ravine on a dark stretch of rural roadway Monday, but the tragedy is giving fresh exposure to repeated warnings about the vehicles popular with budget-minded houses of worship, schools and other nonprofits. […]
Auto Blog
4/6/15
[…] At least 80 motorists have been killed in car accidents caused by defective General Motors ignition switches, according to figures released by the administrator in charge of compensating victims. […] Of the death claims processed so far, only 22.4 percent have been deemed eligible for compensation. […]
WNYC
3/31/15
[…] Including, for the first time ever, protected bike lanes — something that has long been of big interest in that community. […] According to city data, there were 38 traffic fatalities and 448 severe injuries on that roadway from 2003 to 2013. […]
Oregonian
3/31/15
[…] As anyone who has been stuck in northbound Interstate 5’s soul-sucking 5:30 p.m. creep knows, Portland traffic is getting worse.
In fact, the 2015 TomTom Travel Index, set to be released on Tuesday, claims Stumptown is the nation’s 10th most congested city, virtually tied with gridlock-plagued Washington, D.C. […]
