New Haven Safe Streets Coalition
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| Blog Name: | New Haven Safe Streets Coalition |
| Url: | http://www.newhavensafestreets.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | New Haven, Transportation, Public Health |
| Description: | Our goal is to raise awareness of traffic safety issues and build community support for an urgent and comprehensive strategy that will reduce the unacceptable number of traffic-related injuries and fatalities in New Haven by 50% by 2009 and 90% by 2015, while promoting more livable, walkable and economically vibrant streets. |
| Popularity: | 21 Followers |
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USDOT Policy Proposal on Complete Streets Breaks Down Silos; Defines "Livable Community"
Great news today for pedestrian-oriented communities from the US Department of Transportation. A new policy proposal would dramatically expand, and help clarify, the funding eligibility of improvements for pedestrian access -- currently often limited only to areas immediately surrounding a mass transit access point -- to anywhere within 1/2 mile of a station (3 miles for bicycle improvements).For the entire article and additional details, see: "Proposed Policy Statement on the Eligibility of Pedestrian and Bicycle Imp
Great news today for pedestrian-oriented communities from the US Department of Transportation. A new policy proposal would dramatically expand, and help clarify, the funding eligibility of improvements for pedestrian access -- currently often limited only to areas immediately surrounding a mass transit access point -- to anywhere within 1/2 mile of a station (3 miles for bicycle improvements).For the entire article and additional details, see: "Proposed Policy Statement on the Eligibility of Pedestrian and Bicycle Imp
Pedestrian Deaths are Preventable: Demand Safer Streets! (Partnership for Prevention)
This article is reposted from Partnership for Prevention, a nationwide public health advocacy group: http://preventionmatters.blogspot.com/2009/11/pedestrian-deaths-are-preventable.html. Sean Barry explains Dangerous by Design, a report released yesterday from T4America and Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, which is receiving significant national attention.The following guest post was written by Sean Barry with Transportation for America - a national coalition seeking to align ou
This article is reposted from Partnership for Prevention, a nationwide public health advocacy group: http://preventionmatters.blogspot.com/2009/11/pedestrian-deaths-are-preventable.html. Sean Barry explains Dangerous by Design, a report released yesterday from T4America and Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, which is receiving significant national attention.The following guest post was written by Sean Barry with Transportation for America - a national coalition seeking to align ou
Finally a Conclusive Literature Review on Cycling Infrastructure and Safety
Finally a decent, conclusive literature review on cycling infrastructure! The researchers at UBC did a great job with their report, which reviewed several dozen English-language studies and was released just a few weeks ago. Check it out: Winters, Meghan et al. The impact of transportation infrastructure on bicycling injuries and crashes: a review of the literature. Environmental Health 2009, 8:47. There's a PDF link at the bottom of the page. A hat tip to Elly at Bike
Finally a decent, conclusive literature review on cycling infrastructure! The researchers at UBC did a great job with their report, which reviewed several dozen English-language studies and was released just a few weeks ago. Check it out: Winters, Meghan et al. The impact of transportation infrastructure on bicycling injuries and crashes: a review of the literature. Environmental Health 2009, 8:47. There's a PDF link at the bottom of the page. A hat tip to Elly at Bike
Pedestrian Killed in Crash Near New Haven Green
Excellent reporting from the New Haven Independent, on yet another Downtown tragedy, can be found here. Bryan Neff collided with a moving car at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Neff was pronounced dead around 1:45 a.m. Saturday due to head injuries suffered in the crash.Ongoing safety problems at this high-pedestrian-volume intersection were reported a year ago on SeeClickFix: http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1738 -- and are well known among local residents and business owners.A number of the reader comme
Excellent reporting from the New Haven Independent, on yet another Downtown tragedy, can be found here. Bryan Neff collided with a moving car at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Neff was pronounced dead around 1:45 a.m. Saturday due to head injuries suffered in the crash.Ongoing safety problems at this high-pedestrian-volume intersection were reported a year ago on SeeClickFix: http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1738 -- and are well known among local residents and business owners.A number of the reader comme
SeeClickFix: Bike Corral Needed in New Haven
Interesting issue reported by a citizen on SeeClickFix (http://seeclickfix.com/issues/8847), next to the Yale campus. Bike corrals, aka on-street bicycle parking areas, are widely used in Portland, Oregon and many other cit
Interesting issue reported by a citizen on SeeClickFix (http://seeclickfix.com/issues/8847), next to the Yale campus. Bike corrals, aka on-street bicycle parking areas, are widely used in Portland, Oregon and many other cit
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