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WTNH: Pedestrians Not Safe in New Haven, Especially at "Notorious" Whitney...
A new report by WTNH, New Haven's local television station, responds to the recent T4America "Dangerous by Design" report that chronicles the nation's severe pedestrian safety issues.To illustrate,...
View Article"Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011" introduced in Congress
Last month companion bills were introduced in both chambers of the US Congress, the stated purpose of which is "to ensure the safety of all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians,...
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Are Speed Limit Signs a Cost-Effective Strategy to Manage Urban Speeds and...
According to the 20's Plenty campaign, 20mph speed limits for all residential areas throughout Europe have emerged as the key recommendation of the EU Transport and Tourism Committee on improving road...
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Speed Table and Curb Extensions Coming to Edwards Street in New Haven; Will...
Original Post 12/9/2010: East Rock neighbors are excited about a new traffic calming system that will be built at the corner of Livingston and Edwards Street in New Haven. Speed tables and curb...
View Article"Self Enforcement" Street Improvements Planned for Clinton Avenue in Fair Haven
Among New Haven neighborhoods, Fair Haven has long been an epicenter of grassroots citizen demand for slower, more livable streets and traffic calming (self-enforcing) street designs. Fair Haven is one...
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Stop Pedaling, Start Building Massive Debt: GM College Debt Plan
The source of this parody GM advertisement is unknown (please post here if you have it). See this post at Bike Delaware for background.
View ArticleCoalition Receives Response from Mayor DeStefano on "Progress Report" Letter
Dear New Haven Safe Streets Petition Supporters:Yesterday, Mayor John DeStefano mailed a written response to a group of elected officials and civic leaders who represent New Haven's 12 Community...
View ArticleStand in Support of Safe Streets: Thursday, 10/13
Please take action today and tomorrow to make Route 34 a better project for all city residents. See http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2011/10/stand-in-support-of-safe-streets-action.html for details.
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Route 34: Let us not repeat the mistakes of the past (Testimony)
Public testimony from David Streever at the recent Board of Aldermen hearing on Route 34 public safety. The resolution in question passed the committee by a vote of 4-3, and now heads to the full Board...
View ArticleDriver Traveling at 60 MPH Hits Yale Residential College, Student Avoids...
From the Yale Daily News:A man driving a Volvo S80 crashed into a pole on Park Street outside Pierson College at around 11:10 p.m. Tuesday. The man was driving at over 60 miles an hour along Edgewood...
View ArticleNew Urban Network: Aldermen Seek Changes to Route 34
Please see today's reporting by Phil Langdon on the New Urban Network for an update on the Route 34 Resolution, which passed a Committee of the Board of Aldermen last month. An excerpt from Phil's...
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SUVs Crash Into Two Downtown Markets; Multiple Victims Hospitalized
Two crashes by out of control, red light running and speeding SUVs have recently plagued food stores in Downtown New Haven, near Yale University.Image from the January 12th crash and reporting below...
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Pedestrian Critically Injured by Drunk Driver in Dixwell, Suffers Lacerated...
Report from the New Haven Police Department, February 10th 2012:At two minutes past midnight, Officer's Juan Monzon & Nikki Curry were walking the beat on Dixwell Avenue near Foote Street, when...
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Op-Ed: Federal transit grants are key to New Haven jobs access
Expanded transportation options, particularly within our city's core, are critical to creating a more equitable and integrated city. A streetcar is one way to improve the performance of the local bus...
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State Rep: Team up red-light cameras with 'traffic calming'
An op-ed from State Representative Peter Villano, a supporter of safer streets, appeared in yesterday's New Haven Register:Here is an excerpt:I agree fully with the Register’s editorial recommendation...
View Article50-year old man in crosswalk sent to hospital after vehicle runs red light in...
An excerpt from coverage on Friday's crash, at WTNH: NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in New Haven. The pedestrian, who is described as a...
View ArticlePedestrian Critical in Hit and Run Crash on Whalley Avenue Near Downtown New...
10 November, 2012, New Haven: At 3:05 AM, Officers responded to the area in front of 308 Whalley Avenue. Callers to 911 reported a pedestrian had been struck by a motorist who then fled the...
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311 Request: Need crosswalk for children crossing from family housing to the...
This issue was open for a year, with six citizen votes to fix, then was suddenly closed and archived by the City because there is a crosswalk already in place at the next street intersection. In its...
View ArticleAnother Child Hit by Driver at Newhallville Street Intersection
Reporting today from the New Haven Independent:A car struck a bicycle at the corner of Winchester Avenue and Highland Street Thursday afternoon and injured a young cyclist, the second such accident in...
View ArticleNew study on "Distracted Walking" overreaches in its conclusions
An interesting and important new study from Ohio State demonstrates the risk of cell phone use of walking. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/distractwalk.htm.The study finds that over 1,500...
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