Bicycle Safety
Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk
But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).
October 28, 2019
Video: New 15th Street ‘Corner Wedges’ Slow Drivers When They Turn Onto Bike Lane
The Department of Public works installed rubber curbs and plastic posts to create “corner wedges” within five intersections on the 15th Street bikeway downtown earlier this month. The pilot project aims to slow drivers as they turn left at intersections, helping to ensure they yield to bicyclists and pedestrians.
October 17, 2019
Commentary: Be Skeptical of Crash Reports in Local Media
This guest commentary is by Adelaide Perr, a writer, professional triathlete and coach who was seriously injured in a crash between her bike and a driver’s car in 2014. It was originally published at her blog and discussed at Monday’s Colorado Bicycle Summit. Be skeptical of crash reports in local newspapers. The police officer giving … Continued
October 9, 2019
Spin to Win: E-Scooter Company to Provide Data to Help Build Safer Streets
The Ford-owned company wants to make streets safer for scooters, bicyclists and pedestrians.
October 1, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Workers Start 15th St. Bike and Bus Fixes
This morning workers started installing rubber curbs along the 15th Street bikeway downtown to make the street safer. Over the coming weeks, pedestrian safety improvements will be made and the street will get a dedicated bus lane.
September 25, 2019
Car-Free Zones Eyed in SF, Elsewhere
A string of pedestrian injuries and deaths in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district has spurred city leaders to demand a ban on cars in some densely populated neighborhoods — the latest in a nascent and long-overdue move by activists nationwide to get reckless drivers off at least a tiny handful of city streets. San Francisco Supervisor […]
September 18, 2019
Photo Shows Xfinity Van Rolling Over Near Alexis Bounds’ Ghost Bike
An anonymous tipster sent Streetsblog photos of crash involving a Comcast Xfinity van, including one of the vehicle tipping over near the ghost bike placed in remembrance of Alexis Bounds.
September 17, 2019
City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
September 10, 2019
Florida GOP Trying to Kill Transportation Measure
September 6, 2019
Archive: The Right Way to Double Park a Delivery Truck
No vehicle is allowed to block a bicycle lane at any time. But FedEx and UPS are always there.
August 8, 2019
