San Francisco is ordering residents to “shelter in place.” All major cities should do that.
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It's probably only a matter of time before Chicago does the same thing, and all other big cities should follow suit.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about safety
If you need to ride transit during the pandemic, do it. If you don’t, avoid it.
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If you don't need to use public transportation during the pandemic, do the right thing and avoid riding it, which will make conditions safer for those who have no other option.
A silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic: more walking, biking, and telecommuting
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Hopefully a few months from now the pandemic will be behind us, but the positive trends of more people walking and biking to work or telecommuting will be a permanent thing.
How not to be a garbage person when you’re driving
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Driving isn’t like a video game. It is part of our lives, part of the legacy we leave as people.
Main finding of Chicago’s dockless scooter pilot: “We need to do another pilot”
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The study also found there were 192 reported scooter injuries in four months, and 34 percent of online survey respondents said they used the devices to go to or from transit.
The death of Angie Monroy was a reminder that gun violence is a mobility justice issue
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As transit and mobility advocates, we need to talk more openly about violence on our streets and how it intersects with our work.
If Illinois bans red light cameras, Springfield lawmakers will have blood on their hands
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Bills have been introduced in Springfield to ban the cams statewide, but data from cities that have banned automated enforcement show significant increases in serious and fatal crashes.
What Can We Do to Make Dockless Electric Scooters Safer?
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Rentable dockless electric scooters have about nine times the fatality rate of bike-share.
Cyclephobia: Fears of Reckless Bike Riders May Be Overblown, but Empathy Is Still Needed
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Reckless driving is an exponentially bigger threat, but a person with a disability's stories of being struck by sidewalk riders is a reminder that bike-pedestrian crashes are no laughing matter either.
My Experiences Test-Riding Scooters in Chicago
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Streetsblog reporter Lynda Lopez gives the new technology a spin and says smoother-riding devices, and more education and outreach are needed.
Guardrails Installed on South Lakefront; 2nd Crash in 2 Weeks Reported Near Diversey
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The park district says railing have been installed 41st Street and the point, but after two recent crashes near Diversey advocates say more protection is needed near the North Side as well.