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Cul-de-sacs Kill!
Update: 11/20/09 The slides are now online. Original Post: 11/5/09 I’m attending the Congress for New Urbanism Transportation Summit here in Portland this week (where I’ve had the opportunity to meet several other transportation bloggers!). For me the highlight presentation on opening day on Wednesday was about the safety affects of different street network types.…
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Active Transportation Panel
The good folks who bring you the “Safer Routes to School” program in Portland are also sponsoring this panel: Monday, NOV 16TH, 10:30 AM – Noon Panel Discussion: Promoting Active Transportation at School – Successes and Lessons Learned Location: NORTH PORTLAND LIBRARY BRANCH (512 N Killingsworth St) Develop new ideas for successful active transportation at…
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We’re Among the Top 10 Safest Cities
But we can do better! The following is from the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: FOR RELEASE MONDAY, NOV. 9, 2009 CONTACT: Stephanie Routh Willamette Pedestrian Coalition steph@wpcwalks.org Portland ranked 44 in Nation for Preventable Pedestrian Deaths, Report Shows Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Urges Members of Congress to Support Increased Focus on Pedestrian Safety in Upcoming Federal Legislation…
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How We Got ClearView
Get your geek on. The public radio program “Studio 360” has a nice segment (mp3, 3.1M) on how the ClearView typeface for highway signs got created. It’s actually a big advancement in safety.
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We Are Traffic
I’ve just finished reading Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic. The key takeaway for me is that safety is not simply a function of engineering, but rather includes a very healthy dose of psychology and behavior, often in very non-intuitive ways. Perhaps most perverse is the idea that as we add safety features to our roads and vehicles,…