Should jaywalking be illegal in Anchorage — again?
"According to the proposed ordinance that would reinstate fines, 11 of those deaths occurred on a major roadway outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk...the idea is to change the culture so that jaywalking is not an accepted practice."
(Or to put it another way, cars own the roads and those inconvenient pedestrians need to stay out of the way)
Study: Right turns on red puts pedestrians at risk
"The Los Angeles study found that intersections with a high number of right-turn collisions were often near transit stops in commercial areas with large parking lots and heavy, fast-moving traffic...odds of pedestrians dying were 89% greater in a right-turn collision involving pickup trucks and 63% greater with SUVs. These vehicles now account for more than three-quarters of all new personal automobile sales"
Massachusetts: Pedestrian crosswalk decoy program nabs transgressors
"A plain clothes officer attempts to cross in a crosswalk. While most motorists are compliant and follow the rules of the road there were dozens of violations observed. Subsequently, eleven motor vehicles stops were conducted within a two hour period. During the traffic stop officers educated the operator of the motor vehicle on the crosswalk law"
I love it! More, please!
https://stronghaven.substack.com/p/catching-the-minnows-while-the-sharks
Pedestrian Safety Advice Rated from Most Insulting to Least
"Who walks blindly into traffic? I mean I know people do (drugs, mental health issues), but these are not the same people soberly considering pedestrian safety messaging...It’s a good time to look at the ways we’re messaging to pedestrians, in my opinion. So below, I have listed some of the classic refrains, and why they are useless/insulting and rated them by how bad they are."
https://angieschmitt.substack.com/p/pedestrian-safety-advice-rated-from
A mid-century relic of Virginia’s pedestrian infrastructure, next to the church-gas station, is coming down this summer
"One of Rosslyn’s few remaining skywalks is set to come down as part of an effort to realize a walkable corridor from one end of the neighborhood to the other...demolishing a skywalk over N. Nash Street, near the Arlington Temple United Methodist Church building and Sunoco gas station dubbed “Our Lady of Exxon.”