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Who will be the Claes Tingvall for the US? #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #SafeStreets www.bbc.com/future/artic...

More than a million people die...

Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

#CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #RoadSafety #TowardZeroDeaths #TranspoTech #transportation #infrastructure #walking #walkability #WaymoOops #AI #TechNews #AV #accessibility #RoboTaxi

Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

#CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #RoadSafety #TowardZeroDeaths #TranspoTech #transportation #infrastructure #walking #walkability #WaymoOops #AI #TechNews #AV #accessibility #RoboTaxi

Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

#CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #RoadSafety #TowardZeroDeaths #TranspoTech #transportation #infrastructure #walking #walkability #WaymoOops #AI #TechNews #AV #accessibility #RoboTaxi

Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

#CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #RoadSafety #TowardZeroDeaths #TranspoTech #transportation #infrastructure #walking #walkability #WaymoOops #AI #TechNews #AV #accessibility #RoboTaxi

Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

#CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #RoadSafety #TowardZeroDeaths #TranspoTech #transportation #infrastructure #walking #walkability #WaymoOops #AI #TechNews #AV #accessibility #RoboTaxi

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

In Houston for AASHTO Safety Summit opening today.

From the head of TxDOT: Nov. 7, 2000, was the last day in Texas on which no one died in a crash on Texas roads. 80M VMT/year means their crash rates are 30% below average, which reminds me that rates aren't a great measure.

#RoadSafety #transportation #AASHTO #TowardZeroDeaths #VisionZero

In Houston for AASHTO Safety Summit opening today.

From the head of TxDOT: Nov. 7, 2000, was the last day in Texas on which no one died in a crash on Texas roads. 80M VMT/year means their crash rates are 30% below average, which reminds me that rates aren't a great measure.

#RoadSafety #transportation #AASHTO #TowardZeroDeaths #VisionZero

In Houston for AASHTO Safety Summit opening today.

From the head of TxDOT: Nov. 7, 2000, was the last day in Texas on which no one died in a crash on Texas roads. 80M VMT/year means their crash rates are 30% below average, which reminds me that rates aren't a great measure.

#RoadSafety #transportation #AASHTO #TowardZeroDeaths #VisionZero

In Houston for AASHTO Safety Summit opening today.

From the head of TxDOT: Nov. 7, 2000, was the last day in Texas on which no one died in a crash on Texas roads. 80M VMT/year means their crash rates are 30% below average, which reminds me that rates aren't a great measure.

#RoadSafety #transportation #AASHTO #TowardZeroDeaths #VisionZero

In Houston for AASHTO Safety Summit opening today.

From the head of TxDOT: Nov. 7, 2000, was the last day in Texas on which no one died in a crash on Texas roads. 80M VMT/year means their crash rates are 30% below average, which reminds me that rates aren't a great measure.

#RoadSafety #transportation #AASHTO #TowardZeroDeaths #VisionZero

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

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

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

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

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

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

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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

I'm representing Washington State Department of Transportation in a USDOT webinar Oct. 23 as one of the Allies in Action for the National Road Safety Strategy, focusing on our Complete Streets work. Register https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ryM5n7l5TMOKsJLafFWGmw#/registration. Other USDOT webinars on safety, bicycling, walking https://www.transportation.gov/pedestrian-bicycle-safety. #RoadSafety #CompleteStreets #PeopleStreets #TowardZeroDeaths #NRSS #VisionZero #biking #walking #cycling #WSDOT #WSDOTActive #accessibility

Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

#transportation #RoadSafety #MUTCD #Art #PublicArt #AsphaltArtInitiative #AsphaltArt #infrastructure #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #pedestrian #crosswalks

Auto ads sell a mythical world of open roads and all the speed the vehicle can produce. But we don't allow cigarette ads any more because we know smoking causes cancer. We know speed causes death on impact. Is it (past) time to regulate auto ads? Kea Wilson in Streetsblog: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/22/fed-panel-wants-to-confront-the-role-of-aggressive-auto-advertising-in-u-s-road-deaths
#CarCulture #RoadSafety #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #KeaWilson #StreetsBlog #BikeTooter #walking #SafetyOverSpeed

Truck bloat and mega-vehicles are killing people:

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html by David Zipper

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/03/17/study-megacar-drivers-up-to-4x-more-likely-to-hit-walkers-while-turning by Kea Wilson

https://salud-america.org/did-americans-suddenly-become-worse-drivers-or-are-megacars-spiking-traffic-fatalities/ by Amanda Merck

Some of these refer to the NCAP update that already happened but it did NOT fix the problems with vehicle design regulation.
#RoadSafety #MegaCars #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #SUV #trucks #transportation #driving #DriveSafe #NHTSA #NCAP #TellCongress

CW if you've been struck by a driver maybe don't look at this.

I'm 5'6-1/2" tall. This "ordinary" GMC Denali HD is parked in downtown Olympia. No signage indicating it has any commercial purpose whatsoever. The sales pitch on the GMC website says it has technology "to help make you aware of potential hazards." What on earth represents a hazard to something this size?! Tell me why they need this much crushing power?

#CarCulture #driving #RoadSafety #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #trucks #GMC

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

Truck bloat and mega-vehicles are killing people:

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html by David Zipper

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/03/17/study-megacar-drivers-up-to-4x-more-likely-to-hit-walkers-while-turning by Kea Wilson

https://salud-america.org/did-americans-suddenly-become-worse-drivers-or-are-megacars-spiking-traffic-fatalities/ by Amanda Merck

Some of these refer to the NCAP update that already happened but it did NOT fix the problems with vehicle design regulation.
#RoadSafety #MegaCars #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #SUV #trucks #transportation #driving #DriveSafe #NHTSA #NCAP #TellCongress

Truck bloat and mega-vehicles are killing people:

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html by David Zipper

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/03/17/study-megacar-drivers-up-to-4x-more-likely-to-hit-walkers-while-turning by Kea Wilson

https://salud-america.org/did-americans-suddenly-become-worse-drivers-or-are-megacars-spiking-traffic-fatalities/ by Amanda Merck

Some of these refer to the NCAP update that already happened but it did NOT fix the problems with vehicle design regulation.
#RoadSafety #MegaCars #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #SUV #trucks #transportation #driving #DriveSafe #NHTSA #NCAP #TellCongress

Truck bloat and mega-vehicles are killing people:

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html by David Zipper

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/03/17/study-megacar-drivers-up-to-4x-more-likely-to-hit-walkers-while-turning by Kea Wilson

https://salud-america.org/did-americans-suddenly-become-worse-drivers-or-are-megacars-spiking-traffic-fatalities/ by Amanda Merck

Some of these refer to the NCAP update that already happened but it did NOT fix the problems with vehicle design regulation.
#RoadSafety #MegaCars #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #SUV #trucks #transportation #driving #DriveSafe #NHTSA #NCAP #TellCongress

Truck bloat and mega-vehicles are killing people:

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html by David Zipper

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/03/17/study-megacar-drivers-up-to-4x-more-likely-to-hit-walkers-while-turning by Kea Wilson

https://salud-america.org/did-americans-suddenly-become-worse-drivers-or-are-megacars-spiking-traffic-fatalities/ by Amanda Merck

Some of these refer to the NCAP update that already happened but it did NOT fix the problems with vehicle design regulation.
#RoadSafety #MegaCars #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #SUV #trucks #transportation #driving #DriveSafe #NHTSA #NCAP #TellCongress

Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

#transportation #RoadSafety #MUTCD #Art #PublicArt #AsphaltArtInitiative #AsphaltArt #infrastructure #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #pedestrian #crosswalks

Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

#transportation #RoadSafety #MUTCD #Art #PublicArt #AsphaltArtInitiative #AsphaltArt #infrastructure #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #pedestrian #crosswalks

Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

#transportation #RoadSafety #MUTCD #Art #PublicArt #AsphaltArtInitiative #AsphaltArt #infrastructure #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #pedestrian #crosswalks

Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

#transportation #RoadSafety #MUTCD #Art #PublicArt #AsphaltArtInitiative #AsphaltArt #infrastructure #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #pedestrian #crosswalks