#DangerousByDesign

Dave Tapleydave@az.social
2024-05-10

I decided to see how many fatalities are happening on #Phoenix streets each year and what the trend is.

Forecast to 2030 and we will have someone getting killed on our streets every single day of the year.

#trafficviolence #dangerousbydesign
#visionzero

Screenshot of chart.
Data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRRhDQeEcODwac7QkeQn_8OZK7L7n-seBQ3lqcoSnP-HmZQ4oFAl7of9tqiP6l8Pu_9gRYYAGCUhE31/pubhtml
2024-02-28

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Study by Justin Tyndall:
• Combine US pedestrian crash data with physical measurements of vehicle height.

• The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death probability is estimated.

• A 10 cm increase in front-end height causes a 22% increase in pedestrian fatality risk.

• The survival probability of women, children, and seniors are more strongly affected.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture #MegaCars #HeyNHTSA #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #SUV #DangerousByDesign

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2024-02-21

“Neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be factor in the initial collision.”

The two other drivers drove off.

(Reminds me of the six year old killed riding to school 21 years ago by a PA high schooler with a dirty windshield.)

#DistractedAndRecklessDrivingAreAThirdOfFatalities #DangerousByDesign #CrashesArentAccidents

sfgate.com/bayarea/article/cyc

Dave Tapleydave@az.social
2024-02-09

So this @sfgate post about a #Waymo hitting a person on a bike:

I look forward to *bad street design* (🚲 lane across 4-way 🛑) being identified as the root cause...

... and it definitely not turning into yet another argument about who is at 'fault' 😩

sfgate.com/bayarea/article/way

#biketooter #urbanism #dangerousbydesign

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2024-02-06

Cites have billions for police overtime but nothing for red paint: “There’s a big gap in the public’s awareness of this legislation,” said Colin Heyne, a spokesman for the San Jose Department of Transportation. “We have more than 60,000 intersections in this city, so we’re not going to be able to paint the curbs red for every one of them. We need help from the state in hopefully educating drivers about this new law.”

#RegulatoryFailureOrDrownInABathtub #GiveFeetAChance
#VisionZero
#DangerousByDesign
#DaylightingSavesLives
#CrashesArentAccidents
#UNGlamourousSolutions

mercurynews.com/2024/02/06/cit

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2024-02-03

open.substack.com/pub/angiesch

#RegulatoryFailureOrDrownInABathtub. Inequality- supersizing your mobile dining room kills those fated to walk:
Since the 2008 recession, SUVs and pickup trucks have overtaken sedans and station wagons as the top selling vehicles. Now almost three-in-four new cars sold is an SUV or pickup. A number studies have confirmed the relationship between larger vehicles and rising pedestrian deaths. A 2015 review of the research by NHTSA found pedestrian who were struck by SUVs were 2.5 to three times more likely to be killed. Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety examined how squarer, more “aggressive-looking” front ends — which are in fashion right now in the automobile industry — contribute to the problem.
#GiveFeetAChance
#carfreecitycenterplease
#VisionZero #RemoveRoads
#DangerousByDesign
#DaylightingSavesLives
#SlowStreetNetworks
#CrashesArentAccidents
#SharedMicroEMobilityNetworksDefuseCarbonBombs
#MicroMobilityFirstAndLastMile
#UNGlamourousSolutions

Dave Tapleydave@az.social
2024-01-15

Only in America can you experience the thrill of a bike lane ending with you on a highway on-ramp 🤡
#urbanism #biketooter #dangerousbydesign

Phoenix Spokes Peoplepsp@urbanists.social
2023-10-31

New public meeting announced for McDowell Road 'Revitalization' Project.
Come let #Phoenix know that their proposal is #dangerousbydesign and we demand better 🚧

November 8, 2023 at 6 p.m.
Burton Barr Central Library

phoenix.gov/streets/mcdowell7t

#urbanism #biketooter #az #phx

Phoenix Spokes Peoplepsp@urbanists.social
2023-10-04

Yesterday #Phoenix Streets Dept. proposed *unprotected bike lanes* on an *arterial street* as the *best solution* they could come up with 🤯

phoenix.gov/streets/mcdowell7t

#BikeTooter #urbanism #dangerousbydesign

diagram of street with bike lanes and cars next to each other and title "proposed road restriping with bike lanes"
Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2023-10-04

Driver hits woman, then Cruise driverless car runs her over; photo shows victim trapped sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl

#DehumanizingTheStreets: A #pedestrian crossing a San Francisco street on Monday night was hit by two cars — first a regular vehicle which hurled her into the path of a #driverless taxi that then ran her over

#CrashesArntAccidents #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #DangerousByDesign

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2023-09-24

2 people using wheelchairs die in separate San Fernando Valley car crashes latimes.com/california/story/2

#CrashesArntAccidents: Every month some accident happens. I’m not sure what the problem is but there are lots of #accidents on this #street.

#designedtofailyou #dangerousbydesign #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #safestreetsforall #RemoveRoads

Gladwyn d’Souzagodsouza@sfba.social
2023-08-29

#CarFreeCityCentersPlease: A 4-year old in a stroller being pushed by her father had a #walk signal. The #driver had a green light. And was turning right!!! The 4 year was killed. The traffic engineer who signed off on #4thAndKing will never be confronted with the #consequences of what they did.

#NoConsequences #DangerousByDesign #AbolishThePolice #5sPlentyAtStations

strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8

Phoenix Spokes Peoplepsp@urbanists.social
2023-08-08

Please take this survey and show your support for putting the safety of people on bikes above the convenience of personal vehicle parking ☑️

At a recent meeting there was much opposition 😩

phoenix.gov/streets/roosevelt-

#phx #BikeTooter #visionzero #dangerousbydesign

Phoenix Spokes Peoplepsp@urbanists.social
2023-08-01

Arizona Crash Facts 2022
from @azbikelaw

> Cyclist fatalities of 48 in 2022 is a historical high — the previous high before last year’s blowout (45) for was was 35 in 2005

azbikelaw.org/arizona-crash-fa

#urbanism #streets #dangerousbydesign

2023-07-25

Unbelievable level of 🖕 🚶 in new #NHTSA pedestrian crash test which proposes 🛻 can *fail* and still get ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ label

Today is last day to complain 📢

nacto.org/2023/07/21/tell-usdo

#dangerousbydesign #streets #biketooter #urbanism

Connie Szabo Schmuckerbikevisionary@universeodon.com
2022-12-08

Again louder for those in the back: Road design determines safety. Road design determines motorist behavior. Change the road design to improve safety and change motorist behavior. #ThereAreNoAccidents #TheseAreResults
#DangerousByDesign
#SafeSystem

fox59.com/news/fatal-crash-rev

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