#cycling #walking #infrastructure #RoadSafety #SafeStreets
“Last week, Secretary Duffy directed staff to start the process of clawing back millions in discretionary dollars for #bikelanes. How will he spend it instead?”
“If that means less discretionary money for great #safety projects now, that doesn't bode well for a more holistic approach to #safety in the next surface #transportation reauthorization bill”
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/17/what-will-safe-streets-and-road-for-all-mean-under-sec-duffy
#RoadSafety
“It’s so dumb that I have to worry about this”
“researchers note that other countries’ #pedestrian fatality rates are going down. Ours is really not”
“Too often we instead treat #walkability as a marketing feature rather than a survival one”
#Walking Shouldn’t Be So Dangerous in the U.S.
About 20 people die every day in the U.S. after being hit by a car. To make #walking safer, we need a big cultural shift in how we view #pedestrian #safety
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/walking-shouldnt-be-so-dangerous-in-the-u-s/
