#pedestrian-safety

#pedestrian-safety

Councilmember Lincoln Restler emphasized the need for immediate safety improvements, stating, 'No community should have to endure a tragedy like this.' He called for the Department of Transportation to expedite plans for new crosswalk markings and analyze signal timing to give pedestrians more time to cross.

The driver was turning left from Lee Avenue on Lorimer Street just after 8 a.m. when he fatally struck the boy crossing the street, an NYPD spokesman said.

"If we can get more folks off all the roads and their personal vehicles and use the safer service which our stats show, at least in our service in the cities where we operate, we are contributing to less crashes," Anthony Perez, Waymo's northeast policy manager, stated.

The gentleman was trying to park in a parking spot and lost control of his vehicle, drove across the street and unfortunately hit two folks on the sidewalk.

A grey Toyota mounted the kerb on Langs Road and struck two pedestrians just before 5pm, police said in a statement.

We are currently at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the junction of Terenure Cross, Terenure, Dublin 6W involving a bus and a pedestrian.

"Too often, California makes the best transportation projects fight the hardest for approval. AB 1976 starts to change that by modernizing outdated rules, limiting unreasonable process hurdles, and creating a clearer path to safer, more people-oriented streets," said Marc T. Vukcevich, Director of State Policy, Streets For All.

The Folsom Streetscape Project aims to improve traffic safety and livability along this important corridor, prioritizing non-motorized modes of travel as part of the City's Vision Zero high-injury network.

We are deeply saddened to share that at approximately 6:50 a.m. this morning, a 38 Geary bus was travelling west (outbound) on Geary Boulevard near Keany Street, when a male pedestrian reportedly fell from the sidewalk and made contact with the Muni bus.

Intersections are the most deadly part of our roads. Our simple change shortens crossing distances for people walking while slowing down turning cars. The wide, skewed intersection creates poor sightlines and encourages fast turns, which the group said the buffer posts address by narrowing the roadway and tightening turns to slow drivers.

The intersection of Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway is designed for danger. Since January 2022, there have been 368 reported crashes in just a three-block radius of the intersection, injuring 215 people, including 29 pedestrians, 11 cyclists and 175 people inside cars, according to city stats mapped by Crash Count.

Svetoslav Trifonov (46) was driving his car along Malahide Road in north Dublin when he went through a light that had changed from green to red, knocking down the woman as she attempted to cross the road.

The previous administration suggested unhardened daylighting is more dangerous than no daylighting at all? Is that correct? DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, a Mamdani appointee, said it was. So is that your position? Yes, Flynn answered, but soft. So for the record, the administration believes that unhardened daylighting is more dangerous than no daylighting at all. I think there's a lot of skepticism in this room about that.

Look what we've seen so far. We have motor coaches loading. We have delivery trucks coming through. We had a fire truck a minute ago. We have everything coming through here. We have walkers. We have people using walkers. We have cyclists. And this is a very important area, and we're going to continue to focus on safety in Chinatown.

Fueled by the expansion of protected bike lanes and bike-sharing systems like Citi Bike, cycling is increasingly becoming a preferred mode of transportation for many New Yorkers. According to data from the NYC Department of Transportation , the number of daily cycling trips rose 64% between 2013 and 2023. A survey from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that more than 762,000 New Yorkers ride a bike regularly.

According to Oakland transportation department staff who spoke at a recent infrastructure committee meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, the city is expected to remove driving lanes in what's called a "road diet," and add crosswalks, buffered bikeways, and pedestrian islands. These changes are part of the 18th Street Complete Streets Paving Project, which has been in the planning stages for years - and has long been on the wish list of area residents.

Colton, a Democrat who represents Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Dyker Heights, sent a letter on Feb. 9, urging the city's Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive traffic study of Bath Avenue, where the fatal collision occurred days earlier. A copy of the letter was sent to the mayor's office.

GILROY, Calif. (KGO) -- Parents say safety changes are needed outside a Gilroy school where a mother and father were hit and killed by a car. They are now pleading for safer pathways around schools after Andrew and Stacia Stuart were hit and killed while in a crosswalk on January 16th during school drop-off. The parents leave behind 7-year-old twins.