Huge Fire Trucks Are Making Us All Less Safe
While cops have done a fantastic job of burning any goodwill they may have had, the same can’t be said about firefighters. They show up, fight fires, save people’s lives …
Bike lane
Bike Lanes Are Good For Business, Actually, And Everyone Who Says Otherwise Is Wrong
Bike lanes are obviously good for cyclists, as they make it safer to ride and encourage people to make more trips on two wheels. More people riding instead of driving …
Bicyclists Seek Solution To Deadly ‘Dooring’ Crashes In LA
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a …
Wider Streets Are More Dangerous Than Narrow Ones: Study
Photo: Spencer Platt / Staff (Getty Images) Narrower streets in urban areas reduce fatalities, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found in a recent study. The …
Of Course People Don’t Want To Bike To Work
According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the number of people cycling to work in the U.S. is on the decline. The site found that despite millions being invested in …
How Cities Can Reduce The Number Of People Killed By Drivers Of Massive Vehicles
We write a lot about pedestrian safety here, and it’s not because we hate cars. It’s because we generally believe that killing people is bad, and it doesn’t somehow become …
Road Design That Sends Cars Into Bike Lanes Demonstrated For The First Time In Michigan
Dozens of Kalamazoo, Michigan, residents gathered along the shoulder of a busy two lane road to see the new traffic arrangement coming to town, and it looks about as safe …