#EndDangerousByDesign: He was also charged with two felony DUI counts related to the injuries suffered by Veronica Baer, a second community service officer who was also hit Saturday night while she and Pham worked a road closure for an earlier traffic crash at Monterey Road and Palm Avenue near the southern edges of the city.
#EndDangerousByDesign
Skipping hybrids: Between 2020 and 2022, the last year for which figures are available, Cuba-based companies produced more than 23,000 electric vehicles, according to official data. Since then, demand has grown, alongside an economic crisis that has slashed both fuel supply and public transportation.
#RenewablesAreDeflationary
#EMicroMobilityReducesEmissionsFastFairFrugalForEssentialWorkers
#EndDangerousByDesign
#CrashesArntAccidents: Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities, which accounted for 21 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities in 2023, increased 18 percent from 2018 to 2023. From 2018 to 2023, the number of pedestrians killed increased 16 percent (from 6,482 to 7,522) and the number of bicyclists killed increased 29 percent (from 859 to 1,105).
Hostile architecture: Any number of other hostile physical obstructions can be found. Garbage cans are often fitted with hood designs, as well as external cases with built-in locks, to deter trash-picking.
Other designs alter the landscape itself. Bollards or boulders can be brought in to break up potential camping spaces. Fencing can be used to block off sheltered areas such as highway underpasses.
#EndDangerousByDesign
https://theconversation.com/how-camping-bans-like-the-one-the-supreme-court-just-upheld-can-fit-into-hostile-design-strategies-to-push-out-homeless-people-233508/
Jon calls the practice of keeping curb space open "daylighting," stating that oftentimes bollards or bike racks do a good job of ensuring these spaces are free from parked vehicles.
#EndDangerousByDesign
#DaylightingSavesLives
https://www.distractify.com/p/man-explains-importance-of-walkable-cities
#SpeedKills: Often, a small number of local streets account for a high proportion of serious traffic injuries and deaths – and that’s where we must start. A single stretch of Marin Avenue, where Julia’s collision occurred, was responsible for over 20% of Berkeley traffic deaths between 2012-2022.
Streets are not designed to prioritize safety, and that needs to change. This means streets with slower speeds, shorter and more visible crosswalks, lower turning speeds, protected bike lanes and other physical changes – many of the core tenets of Caltrans’ complete streets policy.
#EndDangerousByDesign
Need to jail an SUV.
#CrashesArentAccidents: died in a solo vehicle collision with pedestrians.
#EndDangerousByDesign: white Mercedes SUV that crashed into the victims
https://people.com/3-dead-including-1-child-after-suv-crashes-into-san-francisco-bus-shelter-8610327
#CrashesArentAccidents: Three years after a bicyclist was killed in a head-on crash with a speeding Miami-Dade police officer, a jury declared the cop negligent and awarded $3 million to the man’s widow and daughter.
But because of a state cap that shields employees at police departments, schools, hospitals and other government entities from liability, the victim’s survivors are limited to $300,000 in damages, must take their case to the Florida Legislature and persuade lawmakers to pass a special claim bill to exceed the sovereign immunity limit.
#EndDangerousByDesign #EndQualifiedImmunityNow
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article285864056.html
#GiveFeetAChance: Strong Towns Steinbach is hoping that council make Steinbach more bike and pedestrian friendly, as they say car-pedestrian and car-bike near-misses are common.
They want bike paths to be integrated into a network with good path-to-path and path-to-road connections.
“Today, in Steinbach, citizens who do not own or cannot operate a car are severely disadvantaged relative to citizens who can access and drive cars,” says Strong Towns Steinbach. “Car-only access is a form of inequity that discriminates against the young, the elderly, the physically challenged, and the working poor for whom cars are not an option.”
#EndDangerousByDesign #DaylightingSavesLives #SlowStreetNetworks
Jonathan Vankin for California Local- NHTSA found that, nationwide, about 36 percent of all crashes take place at intersections. Of those, 7.8 percent—more than 60,000 crashes per year—are due to obstructed views. There are numerous ways an intersection view can be blocked, but vehicles parked too close to the corner is certainly a frequent one. Lee’s bill tries to cut down on those obstructions by banning parked vehicles within 20 feet of an intersection or a crosswalk.
#EndDangerousByDesign #CrashesArentAccidents #DaylightingSavesLives #RemoveRoads #SharedMicroEMobilityNetworksDefuseCarbonBombs #AB413Lee2023
the estimate for January through June showed 2,061 deaths on California roads. If the numbers for the second half of 2023 were roughly equivalent, that would be well over 4,000 Californians dead—and close to 40,000 nationwide. For what it’s worth, that’s roughly 17 times more Americans than died in the entire 20-year war in Afghanistan.
#AmericansLearnGeographyFromForeverWars #CrashesArentAccidents #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #EndDangerousByDesign
#DaylightingSavesLives: A California pedestrian-safety law that went into effect statewide Jan. 1 cemented efforts cities has sought for years to put more distance between parked cars and crosswalks, with drivers facing warnings this year and fines starting in 2025.
The new law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in October, prohibits #parking within 20 feet of either side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk, about the length of a standard parking space, whether or not the curb is painted red.
The cleared space makes it easier for people in cars to see pedestrians approaching the crosswalk — an idea known as daylighting.
#MicroMobilityFirstAndLastMile #EndDangerousByDesign
https://sfchronicle.com/sf/article/new-california-parking-law-18588065.php
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