Pedestrian safety
Activists use art to save lives on the streets of Bogota, Columbia
In 2003, the city hall of Santa Fe’ de Bogota together with Road Prevention Fund started a campaign called “Each star is a killed pedestrian” to pay a tribute to the 1500 pedestrians killed in road accidents in the preceding five years. The campaign appealed to the conscience of drivers and promoted safe driving […]
The Running Boy
This week, we’re reprinting a recent essay by Ron Tanner on the aesthetics of the classic Running Boy sign. — Last summer on a 10,000-mile road trip across America I noticed a sign I’ve taken for granted for decades. It’s the children-at-play sign, a bright yellow steel rectangle with the silhouette of a running boy […]
The grim reality of high speed police chases in LA
Whether or not they manage to nab the suspects is a different story, but the LAPD’s high-speed chases are becoming increasingly life-threatening. Hot police-suspect pursuits abruptly disrupt the traffic, often resulting in accidents and injuring everyone involved, even bystanders and pedestrians. The latest victim, 23-year-old college student Julio Reyes, was killed in the midst of […]
Has Houston’s walkability been overstated?
Studies and activists claim that the most pedestrian-friendly town in Texas really isn’t.
Discouraging news for pedestrian safety
Look both ways, and cross your fingers: it’s been a bleak week for pedestrians. Two unrelated, recently released studies catalogue the dangers faced by even law-abiding walkers and cyclists.