Portland’s Safe Streets: How Do They Do It?

Last Sunday in New York, the Street Memorial Project
organized a ride in memory of the 14 bicyclists and more than 100
pedestrians killed by cars in the city in 2008. You can see the
StreetFilm about the ride here.

PBOT traffic safety expert
Greg Raisman. Photo © J. Maus.

In
Portland, OR, they marked a much happier milestone this New Year's.
That's because 2008 was a year in which no cyclists died on that city's
streets. Streetsblog Network member Bike Portland talked with the Portland DOT's "chief traffic safety guru," Greg Raisman, to get some insight into why and how it happened.

In an interview with Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus, Raisman makes the
point that safe streets are by no means just good for bikers and
pedestrians:

His attitude is inspirational.

Elsewhere on the network, Car Less Ohio reports on Columbus's efforts to become the "best bicycling city in the country," Greater Greater Washington posts on how urban bike trails aren't just for recreation, and The Transport Politic updates the banks/transit financial mess.