Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

The Streets and the Courts Failed Raquel Nelson. Can Advocacy Save Her?

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 22, 2011 | 78 Comments

Last week, we reported on the horrific story of Raquel Nelson, whose four-year-old son was killed as she attempted to cross the street with him to reach their home. Nelson was convicted of reckless conduct, improperly crossing a roadway and second-degree homicide by vehicle — all for the crime of being a pedestrian in the […]

Boxer Confirms Bike-Ped Funding, Gang of Six Loves infrastructure Spending

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

At today’s hearing, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee celebrated the bipartisan consensus it has reached on a new transportation reauthorization – but details of that consensus are still not public. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) did confirm that dedicated federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs remains in the bill. Addressing LA Mayor Antonio […]

Senate Staff Says Bill Maintains Dedicated Funding For Bike/Ped

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | No Comments

We reported yesterday that the outline of the Senate bill appeared not to preserve dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs. It has come to our attention that the complete draft of the bill will include a hard commitment to bike-ped programs. Senate staff tells us that Sen. Barbara Boxer worked hard and was able to maintain her […]

What Bipartisanship Hath Wrought: Zilch for Bike-Ped in Senate Bill Outline

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 19, 2011 | 7 Comments

Update 7/20: It has come to our attention that the complete draft of the Senate bill will include a hard commitment to bike-ped programs. Senate staff tells us that Sen. Barbara Boxer worked hard and was able to maintain her priorities in the bill, including dedicated federal support for bike infrastructure. More details will come out […]

Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street With Kids

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 14, 2011 | 124 Comments

We don’t normally report on vehicle crashes here on the Capitol Hill blog, but this was so outrageous we couldn’t help ourselves. A 30-year-old woman in Marietta, Georgia was convicted of vehicular homicide this week – and she wasn’t even driving a car. The woman was crossing the street with her three children when a […]

Stimulus-Backed Programs Struggle to Stay Alive After Funds Run Out

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2011 | 2 Comments

In an old supermarket space in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse community of bicycle aficionados are getting greasy. Young and old, Latino and white, they are truing wheels and replacing cables and adjusting brakes in L.A.’s newest, and completely unplanned, bike co-op. Bici Libre, as it’s called, got its start when the […]

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