Tag: safety

December 10, 2010

Why giving away bike lights makes sense

Having a front-facing bike light can greatly reduce a rider’s chances of being struck in many of the most common types of car-bike collisions. The rate of collisions goes up significantly at night, and a common response from drivers who hit people on bikes is, “I didn’t see him/her.” Bike riders, especially inexperienced riders, do…
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tagged: bike lights, cascade bicycle club, king 5, safety, sdot
October 19, 2010

The ‘Vision Zero’ philosophy of traffic engineering puts safety above all else

Bike Portland published an interesting Q&A with Peter Jacobsen, a public health researcher who pushes a philosophy of traffic engineering that focuses on reducing traffic deaths first. This concept, “Vision Zero,” should not be a revolutionary idea, but it is in our culture. Basically, he looks at the rampant death on American roadways and asks…
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tagged: peter jacobsen, safety, safety in numbers, vision zero
October 13, 2010

‘Safety in Numbers’ should be our loudest bicycle safety cause

The evidence is piling up that the absolute best way to improve bicycle safety is by increasing the number of riders. It’s not helmets, it’s not bike lights. In fact, the new riders don’t even need to be experienced riders. There just needs to be more of them. Elly Blue wrote an excellent column for…
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tagged: elly blue, safety, safety in numbers
July 26, 2010

After Mercer Island road changes scrapped, another teen is hit by car

Ira Appleman ran for the Mercer Island City Council with his opposition to changes to Island Crest Way as the key to his campaign. He lost. The council originally voted to go ahead with the controversial road changes, which would have changed the four-lane road into one in each direction and a turn lane. Then,…
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tagged: ira appleman, island crest way, mercer island, pedestrians, road diets, road tailoring, safety
June 30, 2010

First Hill Streetcar and bike track visualization

SDOT released this video of a potential design of Broadway with the new streetcar and bicycle track. Now, it’s important to remember that there will be parking in those lanes next to the bike track, so try to imagine every parking spot full (which is likely to be the case).
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tagged: broadway, safety, sdot, streetcars, video