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Hybrids Too Quiet?
Jeff Mapes muses on his Oregonian blog about whether hybrids need to be noisier to be safe.
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Cheesy but Informative
Our good friend and PDOT safety guru Greg Raisman asked us to post a link to PDOT’s new video explaining how bike boxes work. [Greg is the informative driver in the video :-) ] See it here: http://media.ci.portland.or.us/onthemovesmooth/onthemovesmooth.html
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A Little Less Blind
The City of London is distributing 10,000 free blind-spot mirrors to truckers in a move aimed at addressing 9 deaths of cyclists in collisions with trucks last year. The cost is not given, but it’s part of a £49.6m road safety campaign. Should the City of Portland do something similar? Could we find a foundation…
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Crashes vs. Congestion – What’s the Cost to Society?
A report was released this week by the AAA calculating the costs of car crashes in major American cities. The primary finding is that crashes on public roadways cost far more per-person than does daily congestion. The study provides statistics for all of the same cities covered in the TTI’s Urban Mobility Report, which is…
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The Late-Night MAX Experience
Regular followers of this blog may remember multiple discussion regarding safety and security on MAX, especially late at night. Several recent well-publicized incidents of assault and theft on MAX and at stations have increased scrutiny of the system and have prompted TriMet to announce changes, including the creation of special transit police precincts for the…