What “Getting My Steps In” Has Taught Me About Walkability

If cities strive to meet the basic physiological human need to move our bodies, they may be pleasantly surprised at how everything else just falls into place.

Emma Durand-Wood, Safe & Productive StreetsEmma Durand-WoodApril 27, 2023walkability, canada, Canada, Safe and Productive Streets, pedestrians, urban design

Peoria Takes a Walk—And Steps Toward Reforming Its Transportation System

Through a series of walk audits, local leaders in Peoria, IL, are not only observing the urban environment, but starting to understand how small, simple actions can profoundly shape it.

Safe & Productive Streets, Top Story, Community StoriesSeairra SheppardApril 6, 2023Safe and Productive Streets, walkability, pedestrians, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, Illinois, sidewalks, Complete Streets

Is a Drunk Pedestrian Killed by a Driver Something To Care About?

People find it easy to blame a drunk driver for an accident, but what about a drunk pedestrian?

Safe & Productive Streets, Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 27, 2023Safe and Productive Streets, transportation, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, car crash, Safety, public safety, Public Safety, confessions book, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, Crash Analysis Studio

State, City DOT Agreement Gives Chicago More Control Over Streets

Conflicting priorities between city transportation departments and their state counterparts is one of the biggest barriers to pedestrian safety improvements. Chicago is taking a step toward mending that relationship.

Safe & Productive Streets, News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMarch 2, 2023transportation, Safe and Productive Streets, Illinois, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, DOT, bikeability, pedestrians, car crash, Safety, safety

Pedestrian Safety Gets Big Boost From New Cincinnati Initiative

Cincinnati's new five-member pedestrian safety team is making their streets safer—all while saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars every year!

News, Safe & Productive Streets, Tactical Urbanism, Success Story, Top StoryBen AbramsonJanuary 26, 2023tactical urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, Ohio, success, success stories, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Complete Streets, Street Design, streets, Safe and Productive Streets

Spanish Fork Prioritizes Driver Speed Over Child Safety

Residents of Spanish Fork, UT, have raised the alarm about a dangerous stroad where children regularly cross, but local officials refuse to acknowledge the danger until someone gets injured or killed.

Not Just Bikes: Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (But It Is)

This latest Not Just Bikes video demystifies deadly street design by contrasting what it’s like to navigate streets on foot in the U.S. and Canada with what it’s like in the Netherlands.

L.A. Continues Delaying Infrastructure That Could Save Lives

Everyone who uses streets would benefit from L.A.’s mobility plan…if only the city would actually implement it.

"The Street Project" Is a Great Warmup for a Street Fight

This film makes a human rights case for safer streets, while showing the historic roots of safe streets advocacy in the U.S. and the power of tactical urbanism.

The Deadliest Stroad in America

Find out why this stretch of Floridian stroad has been nicknamed “death valley” by locals.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Stange, Top StoryJay StangeAugust 16, 2022STROADS, pedestrian safety, Safety, safety, Safe and Productive Streets, #SlowTheCars, car crash, pedestrians, #PedestrianUnfriendly, Florida, Street Design

Henderson Highway Blues

A mother reflects on the fears she faces while navigating a dangerous highway with her children, as pedestrians.

#SlowtheCars, Dear Winnipeg, Walkability, Top Story, Emma Durand-WoodEmma Durand-WoodAugust 5, 2022highways, canada, Canada, Winnipeg, Safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, #PedestrianUnfriendly, walkability, children, #SlowTheCars

If We Build Cities for Kids, We Build Cities for Everyone

Can you walk down your local streets with your kids—without gripping their hands and anxiously eying traffic—and feel comfortable and relaxed? If not, something’s wrong with the design of those streets.

Roads and Streets, Stange, Walkability, Top StoryJay StangeAugust 3, 2022safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, children, streets, Safe and Productive Streets, Street Design, design, walkability, pedestrians, #PedestrianUnfriendly, pedestrian crossing

A 3-D Approach to Public Investment

What can these 3-D crosswalks teach us about investing in our communities’ needs?

#SlowtheCars, Transportation, Top StoryCam GallantMay 2, 2022Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrian crossing, pedestrians, Crosswalk, streets, #SlowTheCars, Safety, safety, tactical urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, public investment, walkability

Why Transportation Nudges Are Stupid

Marketing campaigns to shame or shock don't change driver behavior. Changing the environment they drive in will.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 2, 2022Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, car culture, car crash, transportation, #SlowTheCars, pedestrians

To Fully Observe, We Need to Walk

If we want to be the informed advocates our places need, then we need to observe them at human scale—and to do that, we need to walk.

Marohn, Walkability, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 25, 2022walkability, pedestrians, advocacy

A Strong Town Designs Its Places for All, Not Just Cars

When we design our streets to make them safer for people with disabilities, it also makes them safer for people, as a whole.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Walkability, Top StorySteve WrightApril 15, 2022disability, Disability, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, pedestrian crossing, #PedestrianUnfriendly, walkability, Safety, safety, Florida, #SlowTheCars

Luke Crosswalker: Tactical Urbanist

When people were speeding at a neighborhood crosswalk, this neon hero stepped in to #SlowTheCars and protect local children on their way to school.

#SlowtheCars, Tactical Urbanism, Top StoryDanielle RichardMarch 11, 2022schools, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, Safety, pedestrians, pedestrian crossing, #PedestrianUnfriendly, #SlowTheCars, tactical urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, children, traffic engineering

The Reckless Driver Narrative Is Reckless. Stop Spreading It.

If we want safe and productive streets, we have to focus on the deadly design of our public spaces and not be distracted by the scapegoating narrative of the “reckless driver.”