Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Safety

Blaming People for Wearing Black Wins the Prize for Anti-Pedestrian Idiocy

By Stephen Miller | May 31, 2017 | 52 Comments

It takes a special kind of callousness to say that pedestrians are making city streets dangerous by wearing black. And yet, that's exactly what the Seattle Times did this weekend.

Milwaukee Street Safety Advocates Make Their Case With Reports for Each Council District

By Stephen Miller | May 4, 2017 | No Comments

One of the most effective ways to get elected officials to pay attention to traffic safety is to spell out the dangers in their own districts. A new effort from a coalition in Milwaukee does just that, crafting reports for each of the city's 15 aldermanic districts on the eve of the Wisconsin Bike Summit.

People who bike are no more likely to disregard traffic laws than people who drive, according to a new survey published in the Journal of Transport and Land Use. Photo: Photo: Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons

Busting the Myth of the “Scofflaw Cyclist”

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2017 | 409 Comments

According to a certain perspective that seems to hold sway among local newspaper columnists, bicyclists are reckless daredevils who flout the road rules that everyone else faithfully upholds. But the results of a massive survey published in the Journal of Transport and Land Use point to a different conclusion -- everyone breaks traffic laws, and there's nothing extraordinary about how people behave on bikes.

Sound off about the state of bicycling in your city. Photo: PeopleForBikes

PeopleForBikes Wants Your Help to Rate Cities on Cycling

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 17, 2017 | No Comments

How well does your city work for bicycling? PeopleForBikes wants you to weigh in for a new city ranking that will be released in the fall.

Study: Diagonal Intersections Are Especially Dangerous for Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 2, 2016 | 2 Comments

This week, Cambridge, Massachusetts, unveiled plans for a "peanutabout" that will make a tricky intersection with irregular angles safe for cycling. This type of design intervention could be crucial for locations that new research suggests are especially dangerous.

Why American Trucks Are So Deadly for Pedestrians and Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2016 | 9 Comments

Large trucks are a leading killer of cyclists and pedestrians in urban areas. While London has recently decided to kick the most dangerous trucks out of the city, in the U.S., truck safety regulations are much further behind. Engineer Alex Epstein of the Volpe Center, a research arm of U.S. DOT, spent five years examining how truck design […]

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