Mom/wife/Founder & PI, Safe Streets Research + Consulting/TRB Bike Committee Chair. Working toward safe, healthy, equitable communities. Still learning.
Portland, OR
Joined March 2009
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"(O)ur roadways reflect our priorities. As we consider a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure, we need a new transportation paradigm – one that prioritizes safety, and, in so doing, improves quality of life for us all." @pedbikebob @proulx_frank cc: @SecretaryPete
A great op-ed on Safety over Speed from @rebeccalsanders in @StreetsblogUSA this morning: usa.streetsblog.org/2021/07/…
Still true.
In an article for @ISSUESinST, Rebecca Sanders argues that the U.S. needs to be more proactive in identifying high-risk road types and developing #RoadSafety standards that protect everyone — including bicyclists and pedestrians.
Read: ow.ly/pKmj50SPhcP
Truly insane, particularly for a city that would cease to function if everyone tried to drive. Our deference to driver convenience knows no bounds.
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Just finished my 7th(!) annual lecture on tactical urbanism to Prof Wes Marshall’s sustainable transportation systems class at CU Denver.
And this year he’s got a book coming out!
Preorder Killed By a Traffic Engineer with the discount code below.
Rebecca Sanders retweeted
Who is afraid of a 20 mph street?
One where >90% of people hit will survive
#SammysLaw allows a street that safe to exist in New York
It doesn't require it, it doesn't impose it, it just allows it - like the vast majority of states do
Sammy's Law must be included in the final budget.
hellgatenyc.com/ny-state-ass…
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Still don’t get why bike-lanes need to be separated, with real protected bike infrastructure, and why paint isn’t real infrastructure? “Paint doesn’t protect.”Watch this powerful before-&-after video of Lansdowne Street in #Melbourne via MelbourneWay.
nitter.gq/MelbourneWay/status/12…
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Seeking insights to enhance your community's e-scooter program & safety initiatives? #PBICWebinar March 5 w/ @rebeccalsanders, @drchrischerry, & Dr. Laura Sandt will present tools & research to help, with @USDOTFHWA offering more resources & funding info: pedbikeinfo.org/webinars/web…
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This @VTTINEWS webinar about the Advanced Driver Assistance System #ADAS ecosystem with @DrTaraGoddard and @rebeccalsanders looks interesting virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar…
#ADAS is "touted as key to national safety goals" so how is it actually getting to consumers and used?
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Car dependency contributes to the mental health crisis in America. Here's Saturn, lacking self-awareness about social isolation on earth.
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Study co-authored by @UTKnoxville Ashkan Neshagaran, @drchrischerry & Safe Streets Research @rebeccalsanders finds:
➡️ #BikeLanes dramatically reduce sidewalk riding & general travel lane usage
➡️ need for #Micromobility supportive infrastructure in #RoadDesign
#TRBAM #TRBAM2024
ALT Conclusions from the study presented at the TRB Annual Meeting 2024. Read the full abstract with highlights and findings for the "Safety Insights from E-Scooter Rider and Bicyclist Behavior Observations in Two U.S. Cities" presentation here: https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/OnlineProgram/Details/21170
"This isn't normal. This is preventable." Thank you, @SecretaryPete.
We can turn the tide of traffic violence in this country using a #SafeSytemApproach.
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"No one had asked my side of the story. Having my lung pierced, and [multiple fractures] was bad enough, being blamed for being hit in the newspaper was emotionally devastating" - @Itcouldbeme2019
First hand experience of #WindshieldBias by new @BikeLeague board member
Research proves that how the police and media write about traffic crashes affects how the public views both their causes and solutions. Vision Zero advocate Triny Willerton of @Itcouldbeme2019 explores how to do it better in honor of #WDoR2023. usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/…
So much truth in this article. Thank you, Jeannie Ward-Waller.
"Last month, I was removed from my executive role at Caltrans because I spoke out – again – about the agency’s mindless impulse to add more lanes. It has to stop." - Jeanie Ward-Waller on her ousting from the Calif. DOT, via @StreetsblogCAL. cal.streetsblog.org/2023/11/…
Truth: "We ask our children to do everything 'right' so adult drivers can do everything wrong." 😢
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"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are. Ending their expansion needs to be as high a priority as any of the other climate issues Calif. is focused on." David Weiskopf of @NextGen_Policy for @streetsblogCAL
cal.streetsblog.org/2023/09/…
Proud to share this research on #escooter safety in collab w/ @hsrcinfo, @cee_utk, & @CitiesEquitable for @nasemtrb! The E-Scooter Safety Toolbox includes guidance on promising practices, data tools, & methods, as well as case studies. #safesystem #micromobility #VisionZero
A multidisciplinary team of HSRC researchers & partners w/@cee_utk, @CitiesEquitable, @rebeccalsanders, @nasemtrb & @theNASEM authored the “E-Scooter Safety Toolbox” to provide guidelines to improve safety for e-scooter users along with all road users nap.nationalacademies.org/27…
ALT Cover of E-Scooter Safety Toolbox report
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“Doctors told his family he was lucky to be alive. He is in the ICU with a broken neck, leg, and foot. He is scheduled for multiple surgeries in the coming days.”
It’s almost like…could it be…it’s as if PSAs don’t do a damn thing for roadway safety.
The face of a pedestrian safety campaign in DC was seriously injured in a hit-and-run near the National Mall nbcwashington.com/news/local…
BIPOC colleagues and LGBTQIA+ colleagues, I can only imagine the exhaustion of this week. 😔 Not new, but painful and wearing just the same. I see you and value you (so much!), and will continue to work alongside you for justice and equity. Sending you love.
Rebecca Sanders retweeted
An elite, white majority determining after just 50 years of weak, half-hearted
affirmative action efforts, that they are the ones to decide that enough has been done to address centuries of explicit racial exclusion against Black people is the most American ruling ever.
Is there any better example of car culture than a city proudly hosting a major street racing event in the midst of a traffic fatality crisis? Definitely not #VisionZero.😥
"We think it sends a wrong message to drivers that our streets are a place to race through when we need to be slowing people down. The reality is speed kills."
We shared with @ABC7Chicago tonight about the #SafeStreetsForAll perspective on this race.
abc7chicago.com/nascar-chica…
