Christmas and New Year’s among most dangerous days to drive
It should come as no surprise that the holidays are one of the most dangerous...
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Bakersfield plans to bulldoze a neighborhood and build a freeway
During the height of California’s highway boom from the 1950s through the 1970s, Caltrans...
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Signal timing: a critical element of safe, livable streets
For the vast majority of people, signal timing is not an exciting subject. Apart...
Keep Reading12-foot lanes don’t improve safety. So why do we keep building them?
Lane widths might seem like a boring, esoteric aspect of traffic engineering, but they...
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Oaklavia highlights need for better bicycle infrastructure around Lake Merritt
Oakland recently hosted Oaklavia, an open streets event that invites people to...
Keep ReadingGovernor Brown vetoes SB 1151, a bipartisan school zone safety bill
Last Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 1151, a bill that would have increased traffic...
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‘Three Feet for Safety Act’ now in effect
By now you’ve probably already heard that the Three Feet for Safety Act went...
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Buy a bike, get a helmet: now through August 31st at select local bike shops
Starting Monday, August 18th, we’re partnering with five local bike shops to promote safety...
Keep ReadingPedestrians dying at disproportionate rates in America’s poorer neighborhoods
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: street safety is about equity....
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What is the cost of traffic crashes?
In discussions of traffic safety, it’s all too common to desensitize ourselves from the...
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