Pedestrian Safety
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AP discovers old foe for peds…
This weekend the AP reported on a not-very well known stastical reality: ending daylight savings time is a killer for pedestrians.
November 5, 2007
A safe Halloween
A pre-Halloween note at streetsblog last week had a list of safety tips prepared by NYCDOT for costumed kiddees and drivers on the holiday. Curiosity raised, I checked to see if LADOT had a similar list. If they do, I can't find it anywhere...maybe because I'm planning on going as Clark Kent for the second straight year, they decided to hide it from me as a form of protest of my unoriginality.
October 29, 2007
National Safety Stats on Light Rail
The chart doesn't only show that light rail isn't always the "most fatal" form of transit, but also that the fatality per PMT rate was plummeting before the FTA decided to count suicides the same as other accidents.
October 26, 2007
Debate Over Grade Crossings Highlights Expo Meeting
(Note: For more on potential designs and teh history of the project go to the official site here, the Wikipedia site here or Friends 4 Expo Transit's site here .)
October 25, 2007