Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about pedestrian deaths

Why the S.D. Attorney General Will Probably Get Away With Killing A Pedestrian

By Kea Wilson | Sep 15, 2020 | No Comments

One of South Dakota's most powerful elected officials killed a pedestrian in a bizarre rural car crash on Saturday evening. He claimed he hit a deer.

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Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning

By Kea Wilson | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.

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A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments

Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.

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Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments

Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.

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STUDY: Many Transportation Pros Wrongly Think ‘Distracted Walking’ Kills

By Kea Wilson | May 13, 2020 | No Comments

Almost a third of those who plan our road networks think that “distracted walking” is a leading factor in pedestrian deaths — and a new study argues that it’s distracting them from finding solutions to mitigate the real threat to walkers: dangerous driving. Researchers from Rutgers University surveyed transportation practitioners nationally and found that 30 […]

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CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.

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