Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt
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Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Safety
Baltimore Invents an Excuse to Avoid Building Its Downtown Bike Network
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They say it's about fire safety. But people are dying in the streets.
How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”
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It's not a coincidence that bicycling remains dangerous in our helmet-obsessed safety culture.
Study: Cyclists Don’t Break Traffic Laws Any More Than Drivers Do
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New data defies some of the common stereotypes about what puts cyclists in danger.
Seattle DOT Takes Truck Safety Into Its Own Hands
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The DOT is installing side guards on its trucks to reduce the risk of fatal collisions with people walking and biking.
Delaware Poised to Legalize Idaho Stop
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Cyclists will be allowed to treat stop signs as yields as part of an impressive package of safe biking laws.