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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲<p>A grim story of traffic violence in Atlanta. People walking and biking disproportionately killed in crashes. Crashes and fatalities are concentrated in disadvantaged communities. </p><p>&gt; “Simple changes in design could virtually eliminate the vast majority of traffic crashes that result in injury and death. None of these things – signalized, clearly marked crosswalks, narrower lanes and roadways, designs that make speeding uncomfortable for drivers – are difficult or complicated. They only require political will to execute.”</p><p>-Rebecca Serna, Propel ATL Executive Director</p><p><a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c10694e2b9494de7b7f0401f8ed9bbc2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c</span><span class="invisible">10694e2b9494de7b7f0401f8ed9bbc2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/safestreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safestreets</span></a></p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/22/sustainable-transport-development-road-deaths-un-urban-planning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2025/feb/22/sustainable-transport-development-road-deaths-un-urban-planning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SafeStreetsSaveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafeStreetsSaveLives</span></a></p>
The_Caretaker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> <br>Racism and xenophobia have people chasing the wrong problem. Instead of worrying about where the driver came from, ask yourself why a driver can get access to pedestrians. Cars are the problem. How many people are killed by drivers every year in your country? Build guardrails. Restrict vehicle thoroughfares. Most neighborhoods should not be thoroughfares. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckCars</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/VehicularTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VehicularTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/SafeStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafeStreets</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Bollards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bollards</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a></p>
nix<p>"When [a car] gets above that average weight of the overall fleet, you're basically already as safe as you're going to be from raw weight alone," said Sam Monfort, senior statistician at the Institute and the author of the report. "But you can keep increasing risk to other people as you add more weight onto your vehicle."</p><p>Buying an absurdly large car does not make you safer, it just endangers everyone else more.</p><p><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/05/study-youre-not-that-much-safer-in-a-4000-pound-car" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/05</span><span class="invisible">/study-youre-not-that-much-safer-in-a-4000-pound-car</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/carfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carfree</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/suv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suv</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a></p>
nix<p>I really don't know what to add to this. Woman killed by driver on the street and apparently that's not an arrestable or even fineable offense? What other situation do we allow this in but driving?</p><p><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/woman-who-survived-nazis-chernobyl-covid-killed-while-crossing-brooklyn-street-police-say" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gothamist.com/news/woman-who-s</span><span class="invisible">urvived-nazis-chernobyl-covid-killed-while-crossing-brooklyn-street-police-say</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a></p>
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Our Wonderful Green Future<p>Nice to see this story getting some coverage again. Feels more relevant than ever.<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seoul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/seoul-cheonggyecheon-motorway-turned-into-a-stream" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/17/seoul-cheonggyecheon-motorway-turned-into-a-stream</span></a></p>
nix<p>An excellent article about traffic violence in St. Louis and the city's lack of concern, both at Ted Drewe's and in general: <a href="https://christianfrommelt.substack.com/p/ted-drewes-carries-a-larger-lesson?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">christianfrommelt.substack.com</span><span class="invisible">/p/ted-drewes-carries-a-larger-lesson?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/stl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stl</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/stlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stlouis</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/saintlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saintlouis</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/stlurbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stlurbanism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>On average, I spend 4 days per week in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KingstonNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingstonNY</span></a>. There is constant honking from 5am to 11pm at the nearby intersection, because even when drivers are told what to do by a signal, they still cannot figure out what to do.</p><p>Over the past two weeks in this small city, drivers in separate incidents have killed one elderly resident and sent one child to the hospital. And for the 4th time, I was almost flattened by a driver turning without looking on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/safestreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safestreets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>Another pedestrian -- 7 years old -- hit and injured by a driver in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KingstonNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingstonNY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/01/08/child-struck-by-vehicle-in-kingston-officials-say/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyfreeman.com/2025/01/08/ch</span><span class="invisible">ild-struck-by-vehicle-in-kingston-officials-say/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hudsonvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hudsonvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/safestreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safestreets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UlsterCountyNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UlsterCountyNY</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>We have yet another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a> death in the City of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KingstonNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingstonNY</span></a>, two days after Christmas. The driver has multiple political connections, and local police did not release info about the crash for SIX days. Now they claim they are looking for witnesses, while also stating that the 77-yr-old victim was not in a crosswalk. But there IS a crosswalk exactly where he was struck down.</p><p><a href="https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2025/01/02/kingston-resident-hit-and-killed-while-crossing-broadway/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hudsonvalleyone.com/2025/01/02</span><span class="invisible">/kingston-resident-hit-and-killed-while-crossing-broadway/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ulstercounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ulstercounty</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>One big difference between law enforcement in Ulster County and the NYPD: if you are a driver who hits a pedestrian or cyclist, they will find you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2024/12/19/kingston-man-faces-felony-charges-in-connection-with-august-hit-and-run-state-police-say/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyfreeman.com/2024/12/19/ki</span><span class="invisible">ngston-man-faces-felony-charges-in-connection-with-august-hit-and-run-state-police-say/</span></a></p>
Safe Street Rebel<p>Just after last weekend's tornado warning, an SFPD officer driving too fast for conditions struck and killed a pedestrian near Bayshore &amp; Industrial. The unnamed pedestrian is the 39th traffic fatality of the year, a victim of car-focused streets and police impunity.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFPol</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZero</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/visionZeroSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visionZeroSF</span></a></p>
scott f<p>"There have been a disproportionate number of pedestrian fatalities along 16th Street, Walk SF reported. Three other people have been killed within the four-block stretch between Valencia Street and Harrison Streets in the last four years."</p><p><a href="https://carfree.city/tags/trafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/VisionZeroSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZeroSF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/@MLNow/113546195799166353" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfba.social/@MLNow/11354619579</span><span class="invisible">9166353</span></a></p>
Kaleb 📝<p>What would it take to create a bot that replies to posts about traffic “accidents” with a message correcting the word choice to be “crashes”?</p><p>Neutral language like “crash” neither assigns blame nor dismisses culpability. Most importantly, it invites the reader to reflect on causes.</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life/113521439165952938" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@carnage4life/113521439</span><span class="invisible">165952938</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/Crash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crash</span></a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/APStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APStyle</span></a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/Accident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accident</span></a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Jeffrey Gray<p><a href="https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/11/19/ben-brown-berkeley-obituary" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">berkeleyside.org/2024/11/19/be</span><span class="invisible">n-brown-berkeley-obituary</span></a></p><p>The righteous life lost when Berkeley Pedestrian Killed by Driver. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/benBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benBrown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficViolence</span></a></p>
BikeLoud PDX<p>BikeLoud volunteers organized this gathering last weekend to honor victims of traffic violence, and invited newly elected city commissioners to join us in remembering *and* ending <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TrafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficViolence</span></a> on <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> streets. We can all try to be more careful, but people make mistakes, and that shouldn't be fatal. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ProtectedBikeLanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectedBikeLanes</span></a> save lives for people walking, driving, and on bikes.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Y1hftZqy1SI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Y1hftZqy1SI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://bikeportland.org/2024/11/18/powerful-day-of-remembrance-forces-reflection-and-resolve-391418" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikeportland.org/2024/11/18/po</span><span class="invisible">werful-day-of-remembrance-forces-reflection-and-resolve-391418</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZero</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/WorldDayOfRemembrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldDayOfRemembrance</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>This Tesla driver ran a red light, drove around stopped traffic, then purposefully hit me in the crosswalk, cutting off a delivery biker in the process. My gut forced its side mirror in. Plate has 56 violations in the past 2 years.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficviolence</span></a></p>
scott f<p>A driver killed another pedestrian. We are now on track for the worst year of pedestrian fatalities since SF adopted Vision Zero in 2014.</p><p>London Breed has been mayor for 6 of those 10 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/pedestrian-struck-by-vehicle-in-san-francisco-suffers-life-threatening-injuries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kron4.com/news/bay-area/pedest</span><span class="invisible">rian-struck-by-vehicle-in-san-francisco-suffers-life-threatening-injuries/</span></a><br><a href="https://carfree.city/tags/sfpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfpol</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/trafficViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficViolence</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZero</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/VisionZeroSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZeroSF</span></a></p>
Chema Hernández GilAnother person was killed crossing the street this morning here in San Francisco—once again by a professional driver behind the wheel of a large vehicle.<br><br>I summarized my feelings about it here.<br><br><a href="https://blog.sanfranciscan.org/2024/10/22/SF-thoughts-and-prayers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blog.sanfranciscan.org/2024/10/22/SF-thoughts-and-prayers/</a><br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.sanfranciscan.org/tag/sfpol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sfpol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.sanfranciscan.org/tag/sanfrancisco" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SanFrancisco</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.sanfranciscan.org/tag/trafficviolence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficViolence</a>
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