Complete Streets Policies Were Concentrated in Whiter, Wealthier Areas in 2016, According to New Report
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With a new national Complete Streets report out, how has Houston done? Continue Reading →
Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Safety
Improving Safety With New Approach to Identifying Dangerous Intersections
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Making cities safer for all road users means planning ahead.
Can Algorithms Design Safer Intersections?
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Cities and tech firms are deploying new technology to gauge risks at dangerous intersections. These sensors, cameras, and machine-learning algorithms are promising, especially when it comes to measuring close calls that don't result in crashes - but cities are still figuring out how they can use this information. In the meantime, there's no reason to wait on designing safe streets.
Attempting to Gauge the Impact of “Near-Miss” Incidents on Houston’s Streets
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We've all had this experience while walking or biking -- someone cutting us off, or swerving, leaving us catching our breath and thinking, "That was close." Close encounters, just inches away from being a collision, have a big impact on how we think about street safety, but they're not well understood, since they're rarely, if ever, reported. A new report out of Houston attempts to gauge the impact of these "near-miss" incidents.
Fatalities, Crashes Up in 2016 in Houston Area, According to New Report
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Crash rates went up almost across the board from 2015 to 2016.
AAA’s Latest Road Safety Report Ignores the Obvious: We Should Be Driving Less
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The number of annual traffic deaths in America is heading in the wrong direction, climbing back above the 40,000 mark. To reverse this trend, the AAA Foundation for Road Safety this week released a report that prioritizes six road design changes it says would do the most to reduce the death toll. There's just one problem: AAA's report doesn't consider the idea that, to save lives, we should be driving less.