Yesterday and today I'm on a tour for state legislators highlighting the Safe System Approach. We're in Seattle looking at the protected 2-way bike lane on Green Lake that repurposed a parking lane. One segment converted a 2-way street to 1-way, which eliminated drivers blasting through here like it's a racetrack. Includes a segment on SR99 that closes a gap.

#SEABikes #BikeTooter #transportation #infrastructure #cycling #CompleteStreets #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #WSDOTActive

I know how to have a good time on a rainy Sunday: Put on a warm robe, curl up by the fire, and edit an early draft of the state highway safety plan.

Wait, am I doing weekends wrong AGAIN?

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #transportation

'The idea that we should never experience delay is so ingrained in our culture that we twist “no extra delay” into “as fast as possible.”' -Andy Boenau

https://speakeasy.substack.com/p/install-speed-tables-as-fast-as-you

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeSystemApproach #transportation #infrastructure #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #SafeRoutesNow #CarCulture

Interested in #WSDOT Active Transportation Division Ped/Bike and Safe Routes to School grants? Call for projects now open! PBP deadline 5/31, SRTS 6/7. Subscribe to WSDOT Walk + Roll E-News to get this and other timely news https://lnkd.in/dtXjR5Yf
#WSDOTActive #SafeRoutesNow #infrastructure #RoadSafety #VisionZero #transportation #cycling #walking #walkability #ADA #accessibility #SafeSystemApproach #WalkSafe #BikeSafe #SafetyOverSpeed #pedestrian #bicyclist #planning #BikeTooter

"Vehicles with advanced driving assist systems that automatically steer, accelerate and brake are popular, but associated with increased driver distraction. This distraction coupled with unreliable autonomous system performance leads to vehicles that may be at higher risk for striking pedestrians."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377261425_Unreliable_Pedestrian_Detection_and_Driver_Alerting_in_Intelligent_Vehicles

#RoadSafety #pedestrian #WalkSafe #TranspoTech #ADAS #technology #SafeSystemApproach #AV #cars

Shoutout from Polly Trottenberg of USDOT at AASHTO Annual Meeting for WSDOT work on road safety: Complete Streets, overhauling design manuals, updating Strategic Highway Safety Plan with safe system approach at the heart.

#RoadSafety #NRSS #SafeSystemApproach #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #WSDOT #transportation

2-day workshop to kick off WA Strategic Highway Safety Plan update process getting under way.

Slide showing numbers and per capita rates of traffic fatalities in 8 WA counties.
King: 1,039 deaths, 4.53/100K
Pierce: 625, 6.61
Snohomish: 404, 5.26
Spokane: 366, 6.74
Clark: 281, 5.47
Thurston: 185, 6.42
Kitsap: 158, 6.01
Yakima: 359, 13.15

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #TrafficSafety #transportation #traffic #SafeSystemApproach #SaferStreetsForAll #SafeRoutesNow

Transportation Professionals Forum hosted by WSDOT is open to advocates and others interested in topics as well as transpo pros. Sept. 19 8:30am-noon. Topics: PROWAG, FHWA on Safe System Approach hierarchy of countermeasure effectiveness, rail/highway crossing safety, rails with trails. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7942353462731350362

#WSDOTActive #RoadSafety #RailTrails #trails #SafeSystemApproach #transportation #infrastructure #railroad #PedestrianDignity #walking #walkability #accessibility #PROWAG #SaferStreets

Interested in human factors and transportation? Paid internship opportunity with #WSDOT colleagues in safety; you'll work on active transportation issues. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4117605/human-factors-intern-tpt1 #SafeSystemApproach #RoadSafety #HumanFactors #VisionZero #infrastructure #WSDOTActive #UniversalDesign #transportation #internship

I know y'all are here and not there on the birdsite but I'm doing some tweeting from an all-day workshop at USDOT on the National Road Safety Strategy. Thread starts here https://twitter.com/BarbChamberlain/status/1664262349979525122?t=Oqzdv0icT3qkEcTtpGadsQ&s=19 #transportation #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafeSystemApproach #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreets #SafeRoutesNow #ZeroTrafficDeaths #SafeStreetsForAll #WSDOT #WSDOTActive

This very long piece by Joe Lindsey on the false promises of "self-driving" (they're not!) cars is so good. https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a42111006/are-cyclists-safe-around-self-driving-cars/

“Every day we think autonomous cars will yield a future of safe car dependency, we divert essential attention and resources from the things that can actually help right now.” -Peter Norton, author of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.

#AV #TranspoTech #technology #RoadSafety #ZeroTrafficDeaths #VisionZero #SafeSystemApproach #BikeTooter

I'm at the #Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting this week. I've long had the habit of tweeting conference notes in a thread. I'm still doing that so if you're interested in my #TRBAM takeaways on the birdsite start at https://twitter.com/BarbChamberlain/status/1604911122234343424?t=BEZ-v2Onkc1AgltcVduGAg&s=19. #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #infrastructure #BikeTooter #SafeSystemApproach #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #equity #accessibility #TRBAM2023 #PedestrianSafety #pedestrians