Envisioning a Safer Future for This Deadly Intersection in Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA, architect Erik Bootsma shows through some simple (but effective) illustrations how a dangerous intersection can be made safer.

Edward Erfurt, Safe & Productive StreetsEdward ErfurtMay 5, 2023Safe and Productive Streets, Crash Analysis Studio, intersections, Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, car crash

Guest Opinion: Why We Oppose a Mandatory Helmet Law for Adults in New Jersey

The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition responds to a proposed helmet mandate, explaining how while helmets increase safety for individuals, they can actually decrease safety for bicyclists, overall.

Safe & Productive Streets, Top StorySofia BarandiaranApril 28, 2023bikeability, bikes, bicycling, Safety, safety, Safe and Productive Streets

Award-Winning Complete Street Just Another Deadly Stroad

Agar Road in Hyattsville, MD, has been lauded as a successful "Complete Street." But this so-called Complete Street is, in reality, completely dangerous—and a woman has lost her life because of it.

Safe & Productive Streets, Marohn, Trending, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 10, 2023Complete Streets, Safe and Productive Streets, Crash Analysis Studio, Safety, safety, car crash, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, STROADS, transportation

Madison, WI, Is Lowering Traffic Deaths—But There’s Still Work To Do

Political and engineering leaders in Madison, WI, are working to make their city streets safer by developing a culture of safety with the efforts of their Vision Zero initiative.

Safe & Productive Streets, News, Top StorySeairra SheppardMarch 22, 2023Wisconsin, Safe and Productive Streets, biking, bikeability, bike lanes, car crash, vision zero, Safety, safety, transportation

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

Gross Negligence by St. Louis County Contributes to Man’s Death

If St. Louis County cares about the lives and safety of its residents, then why has it turned a blind eye to this deadly street?

Safe & Productive Streets, Member Post, Top StoryRichard BoseMarch 1, 2023Safe and Productive Streets, Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, Street Design, streets, car crash, missouri, Missouri

Social Infrastructure: The Real Investment Our Cities Need

Too often, cities invest in the storage and movement of cars rather than the movement, visibility, and interactions of human beings. But the latter is precisely what makes for communities that are worth caring about.

OwensTiffany Owens ReedFebruary 28, 2023community, Community, community site, public space, public safety, Public Safety, Safety, safety, Third Places

Activists Demand Change After Fatal Crash in Indianapolis

Indianapolis has seen record-breaking highs in traffic violence in recent years, and one particularly dangerous intersection has advocates calling for its redesign—before another innocent person gets killed.

Bikeability, Safe & Productive Streets, News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoFebruary 1, 2023Safe and Productive Streets, Crash Analysis Studio, biking, bikeability, bike lanes, Safety, safety, car crash, advocacy, Indiana

Roundabout Woes in North Denver

Design flaws in these Denver roundabouts are undermining their potential as tools for calming traffic.

Sheppard, Safe & Productive Streets, Transportation, Top StorySeairra SheppardJanuary 11, 2023Roundabouts, Safe and Productive Streets, Safety, safety, traffic engineering, colorado, transportation

Traffic Engineers Blame YOU for THEIR Mistakes

MDOT’s M.O.: create deadly streets, and then blame drivers for high traffic death rates.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Sheppard, Transportation, Top StorySeairra SheppardDecember 9, 2022safety, Safe and Productive Streets, Street Design, streets, forgiving design, car crash, engineers, traffic engineering, transportation, #SlowTheCars

Main Streets Designed Like State Highways: How They Work and How To Change Them

Two prominent communities in Berkshire County, MA, are in the midst of deciding what to prioritize on their main streets: cars or people?

Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?

A hundred people gathered in Tacoma, WA, to mourn the death of 13-year-old Michael Weilert, who was recently killed while bicycling in his neighborhood. If we want to prevent more tragedies like this, then we must redesign our streets.

The One Ring

Traffic engineers in Canada wear an iron pinky ring as a reminder of their responsibility to public safety. So why, then, do they routinely make street design choices that kill people every day?

Springfield Delays Redesign of Deadly Street To Prioritize Traffic Flow

Springfield took a step forward in fixing this deadly stroad…but Department of Public Works officials are forcing the city to take two steps back again.

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

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

One of the Most Dangerous Assumptions We Have Made

Car crashes aren’t the result of mere human error or recklessness, they’re the result of design. Beth Osborne of Transportation for America digs into this in our latest podcast episode.