#pedestrians

#disability #accessibility #Washington #pedestrians

'AccessMap is stretching across Washington state. A new data set called OS-CONNECT maps sidewalks and other pedestrian paths statewide, from Forks on the Olympic Peninsula to Clarkston in the southeast. In House Bill 1125, the Washington State Legislature assigned TCAT to build the data set, which the team completed well ahead of its projected 2027 goal.'

https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/03/25/os-connect-accessmap-accessible-sidewalks/

I love seeing #albuquerque making improvements to their infrastructure that helps get people out of their cars.

#bike #bikenite #urbanism #bikelanes #pedestrians #community #safety #visionzero #newmexico

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-bike-lanes-added-to-central-in-downtown-albuquerque/

Loud vehicles cause harm to #children, #pedestrians and #bicyclists on a daily basis, yet #TinaKotek and her administration look the other way out of fear of Harley owners, who can "customize" without regard to those exposed.

There are vehicles, with no #DEQ inspection, yet they abuse those condemned to use public throughways with egregious, otherwise illegal in a *workplace*, noise levels.

Healthy #Noise level laws are being flaunted by those via exception:

It's an in-use vehicle.

#PDX

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Youth bicycle vs. vehicle accident in El Rio (Ventura County, California), in what might be the worst possible sidewalk/road infrastructure in the county. They don't even have sidewalks in this part of our county (traditionally, poor, Latino). These are the places where sidewalks + bicycle lanes + crosswalks would have the biggest impact on safety.

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2025/02/17/youth-hospitalized-with-major-injuries-after-collision-in-el-rio/78997522007/?taid=67b3e2a54babdc000171736e

#infrastructure #pedestrians #planning #VenturaCounty

Turns out wearing hi vis isn't always better for #pedestrians! #selfdriving #OttWalk
https://youtu.be/uyVk_VVr2Y8?si=Qc4Tx1FqFOOTAx4G

More than half of Toronto drivers in U of T study didn't look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right (via Brent Toderian) https://www.utoronto.ca/news/more-half-toronto-drivers-u-t-study-didn-t-look-cyclists-and-pedestrians-turning-right #BikeTooter #pedestrians #safety

#DevonCountyCouncil has done quite a lot to encourage #cycling in the #county. This includes building a dedicated path for #cyclists and #pedestrians, which includes several new bridges which were built around a decade ago. There are parts where you are on quiet roads but it’s all still very quiet. No traffic noise and low pollution.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Winter #Bike #Bicycle #Biking #Cycling #Cycle

Our #Tuesday Trivia question this week has to do with a relatively new traffic signal, driversmay encounter in #MontgomeryCountyMD and throughout #Maryland.
What are these signals called?
Why are they installed?
#visionzero #pedestriansafety #pedestrians #streetwise #trivia

Bridge Trianon Park.
G.
Watercolour.

Trianon Park, showing the bridge that crosses Alameda Santos, the park spanning two city blocks. Pedestrians and cyclists cross the bridge. The park, opposite the main art museum, is planted with typical of Atlantic rainforest trees and vegetation

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/bridge-trianon-park-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#trianonpark #parquetrianon #bridge #trees #pedestrians #cyclists #downtown #atlanticrainforest #citypark #buyintoart #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #MastoDaoine

How Ann Arbor used spatial analysis for #sidewalk prioritization by @markstos
#Pedestrian #Pedestrians #GIS
https://mark.stosberg.com/how-ann-arbor-used-spatial-analysis-for-sidewalk-prioritization/

Walking along when suddenly...the sidewalk ends! Where am I supposed to go? Who designed this? Why doesn't the sidewalk continue?!

#walking #walkability #pedestrian #pedestrians #pedestriansafety #urbanism #suburbanism #suburbs #carculture #disability #carbrain #activetransportation #activetravel #activetransit

It has been raining persistently today, the type of rain which, though not too heavy, soak into you if you are out in it for a period of time. It means that there are relatively few #pedestrians around to have to be wary of. However, on a stretch which is completely #car-free and where the #cyclepath and the #footpath run in parallel, I nearly came a cropper.

#Bike #Biking #Cycle #Cycling #Bicycle

Finally, the Biden administration is taking a stand against car bloat.

The US Department of Transportation has proposed banning SUV & pickup hood designs that are especially likely to cause head injuries.

In Fast Company, I explained why this could be a watershed moment.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car-bloat-pedestrian-safety-nhtsa

#cars #safety #pedestrians

"the roundabout will give priority to #pedestrians and #cyclists, making it safer and easier for people to get around the city in an active way."

#Sheffield’s first Dutch-style roundabout nears completion
https://sheffnews.com/news/sheffield-s-first-dutch-style-roundabout-nears-completion/

#FromGreyToGreen
#urbanrenewal
#regeneration
#dutchstyleroundabout

Walking to pick up my daughter from school. There is an elementary, middle, and high school within half a mile of each other and NO sidewalks or bike lanes. Kids just walk down the shoulder of a busy road. But hey, at least the county could afford millions in subsidies to build the Bills a new stadium #fuckcars #biketooter #parenting #community #taxes #safety #school #pedestrians

"One of the things about setting up a Mayoral Development Corporation is we're in charge of planning, which is really important. But what we do know, from other streets that have been pedestrianised, is it leads to fewer vacancies, bigger occupancy."

#London #OxfordStreet #Pedestrians

https://www.mylondon.news/news/sadiq-khan-doesnt-rule-out-29955220

I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

by David Zipper, April 2024

"Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

"Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

"The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

"Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

Read more:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Massive SUVs/utes and pedestrian safety regulation

"The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries."

"The rule would cover all passenger vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less, but it’s is aimed largely at big SUVs and pickups, which have grown in size and hood height over the years, causing blind spots for drivers."

"NHTSA said pedestrian deaths increased 57% from 2013 to 2022, from 4,779 to 7,522. The agency says the rule would save 67 lives per year. Data show that nearly half of all pedestrian deaths when hit by the front of a vehicle are most common for SUVs and trucks."
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https://apnews.com/article/us-pedestrian-safety-rule-suvs-pickup-trucks-8ab66c3416dcb91484ec502d6e114ad1

Utes and SUVs make up entire top 10 in record year of new car sales in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/04/australia-2023-new-car-sales-record-list-top-utes-suvs-ford-ranger-toyota-hilux
#Cars #SUVs #regulation #pedestrians #FootTraffic #violence #MobilityDesign