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Mondermania
Update: It made Slashdot this morning… For some time, Hans Monderman has been advocated that the best way to make streets safer is to remove all the traffic control devices – lane marking, signs, singals, etc. The idea is to make everyone slow down and figure out what’s going on around them. This has been…
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Drilling for Safety
I ran across the scene yesterday. I was pretty sure they were drilling a hole to anchor a center-line sign, as part of the pedestrian safety pilot program. Then this morning, there it was, a thing of beauty! [Location is the Streetcar platform at NW 23rd and Marshall.]
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Questioning the Logic of Red Light Cameras
Here’s an excerpt from a note I received from Doug Mandell, a reader: Today I read your article about Sam Adams looking at how to spend surplus funds and I noticed that he was looking to install red light cameras. The issue of red light cameras and their effectiveness is not something you’ve commented on…
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Progress from Tragedy?
Almost a year ago I had the sad occassion to write about a pedestrian fatality just around the corner from my home. It’s possible that some good may come out of this. The neighborhood association has been aggressively working with PDOT to improve safety on NW 21st and 23rd. PDOT has already re-signed the streets…
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Engineering Safer Drivers
Hat tip to reader Anne McLaughlin who forwards a couple of links about things that make streets safer by influencing driver behavior. We’ve discussed here before the interesting fact that serious bicycle accidents have remained relatively constant here in Portland at the same time that the amount of cycling is increasing sharply. This study suggests…