Pedestrian safety
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 […]
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.