47 Alerts From the PEDESTRIAN Tag

Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs: NMA E-Newsletter #693

April 24, 2022 • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, infrastructure, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Camera, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, Traffic Safety, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, VISION ZERO

Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure and society interconnected digitally via the internet, intelligent signaling might revolutionize traffic flow, for better or worse. Market analysis firm Navigant Research has projected that smart signals will become a $3.8 […]

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Traffic Calming: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: NMA E-Newsletter #692

April 17, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, OHCA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Sudden cardiac arrest is a national public health crisis. In its Heart and Stroke Statistics – 2022 Update, the American Heart Association notes more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur in the United States every year, close to 1,000 per day. The survival rate from onset to hospital discharge hovers around ten percent. OHCA […]

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Citywide Speed Limit Reductions: Creating Violators in the Name of Safety: NMA E-Newsletter #691

April 10, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, speed limits, SPEEDING, VISION ZERO

By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist An email claimed that a speed limit reduction in Portland, Oregon “resulted in lower observed vehicle speeds and fewer vehicles traveling at higher speeds.” I was suspicious because it is well known that speed limits and speed limit signs do not have a strong effect on traffic speed. My […]

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Calm Before the Storm: NMA E-Newsletter #689

March 27, 2022 • Bicyclist, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, ROUNDABOUT, speed limits, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VISION ZERO

The city of Sarasota is located on the Gulf Coast of Florida, just south of Tampa. Its population has declined in recent years to about 55,000, according to the 2020 U.S. census, within 24 square miles of territory. During the winter months, the number of residents swells somewhat with the snowbird migration from the north. […]

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And So It Begins—Vision Zero from the Top Down: NMA E-Newsletter #682

February 6, 2022 • Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, Corruption, CROSSWALK, DMV, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, infrastructure, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NSC, PEDESTRIAN, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, speed limits, Street Lights, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, VISION ZERO

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes. The USDOT also plans to use $14 billion in funding from the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill to encourage the states to make extensive use of speed cameras to enforce lowered […]

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