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What's on your weekend reading list?

We recommend the latest issue of the PBIC Messenger!

https://mailchi.mp/hsrc/pbic-messenger-january-2024

Start off the new year informed and inspired!

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In the US, the majority of pedestrian fatalities occur on arterial roadways. A recent Federal Highway Administration Global Benchmarking Program report documents innovative Australian and New Zealand approaches to reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on urban, signalized arterial roadways. Findings include approaches in policy, planning, and design that may be applied to US arterials roadways.

https://international.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/mrp/docs/FHWA-PL-23-006.pdf

This is one to bookmark!

New list from Federal Highway Administration gathers extensive technical assistance resources for underserved communities and active transportation, including biking and multiuse paths.

Includes program descriptions, links, and contact info: https://bit.ly/3OfglAD

What's on your weekend reading list?

The PBIC Messenger offers a monthly digest of the latest news, resources, and research on walking, biking, and rolling. Learn about new USDOT funding opportunities, proposed legislation to support active travel, youth-focused efforts, and many other community and state innovative approaches.

See the April issue here: https://mailchi.mp/hsrc/pbic-messenger-april-2023

Subscribe to receive the next issue direct to your inbox: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/newsroom/signup.cfm

Is your community working on or thinking about implementing #VisionZero efforts? April's Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety online seminar features students discussing a project to build an online library of VZ resources with actionable tools and activities.
Join the webinar next week- April 26.
Register here: https://t.co/5Hqo3zZQjA

#SafeSystem

Happy #NationalWalkingDay!
Want to help improve walkability in your community? Take the next steps by conducting a walk audit to assess and report safety, access, and more.

AARP Livable Communities offers a comprehensive Walk Audit Tool Kit with worksheets: https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-tool-kit.html

And PBIC also offers a list of audits and checklists developed by other organizations that can be used for different purposes: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/resources/resources_details.cfm?id=5085

New "Arrested Mobility: Barriers to Walking, Biking, and E-Scooter Use in Black Communities in the United States" report from Equitable Cities looks at transpo-related policies and practices that limit mobility, opportunity, and access for Black Americans and other people of color. It surveys laws that concern walking, biking, and rolling that also enable racially discriminatory policing, including laws related to jaywalking, bicycle equipment, and more.
See the report: https://arrestedmobility.com/report

Time flies and information sharing moves quickly! Let the PBIC Messenger help bring you up to speed on recent news, resources, research, upcoming webinars, conferences, and more.

Read the monthly issue and plan for future events and opportunities here:
https://mailchi.mp/hsrc/pbic-messenger-march-2023

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https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/newsroom/signup.cfm

@Streetsblog recently interviewed Nandi Taylor, lead author of a novel study that links historical redlining policies to inequities in pedestrian fatalities today. American Journal of Public Health paper: https://bit.ly/3kWlIIX

“When we think about pedestrian fatalities, the current transportation field is largely focusing on the identification of individual risk factors rather than ...policies that created and facilitated unsafe environments.”
Streetsblog article: https://bit.ly/40hwI2A

Pedestrian fatalities are a public health issue with known racial and geographic disparities. New American Journal of Public Health paper authored by researchers from the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety, de Beaumont Foundation, and UNC Highway Safety Research Center looks at the link between historical redlining policies and inequities in pedestrian fatalities: https://bit.ly/3kWlIIX

Women face inequitable mobility challenges ranging from experiencing issues in safety and security to being part of decision making processes. A new toolkit from International Transport Forum offers 3 ways to #EmbraceEquity not just on #InternationalWomensDay but every day.
https://bit.ly/3ZygVMM

America Walks recently covered the USDOT Reconnecting Communities grant program that awarded projects to remove or cap highways and reclaim and redesign the land for community connections: https://americawalks.org/reconnecting-communities-grant-awardees

To start these conversations in your community, a PBIC resource offers common vocabulary and tools to talk about highway removal projects: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/resources/resources_details.cfm?id=5084

The monthly PBIC Messenger is out!

Check out the go-to source for the latest walking, biking, & rolling news & updates, including:

-strategies & funding from USDOT,
-stories on communities working on advancing micromobility,
-calls for applications,
-much more:

https://mailchi.mp/hsrc/pbic-messenger-february-2023

And subscribe here to receive the next issue direct to your inbox:

https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/newsroom/signup.cfm

Today, organizations are joining a USDOT call to action to make roadways safe for everyone by supporting the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) that includes #VisionZero, #SafeSystems, and safe walking, biking, and rolling for all.

A recent NRSS progress report details efforts in the last year and next steps: https://bit.ly/3RwH23h

Getting to zero fatalities and injuries will require everyone doing their part. Join the call and share specific actions here:
https://bit.ly/3jB5Jz3

ICYMI: Recent PBIC Messenger went out just before the holidays! There's a lot to catch up on including #TRBAM2023 events if you're heading to the conference this weekend. Make sure you're subscribed to receive the newsletter as essential reading for 2023!
https://mailchi.mp/hsrc/pbic-messenger-december-2022

There’s still time to join a webinar tomorrow- 12/20- to learn about the issue of darkness and its role as a contributing factor for #pedestrian #crashes. Panelists from Safe Streets Research & Consulting, Oregon Walks, & VHB will share more on research findings and guidance to help improve lighting and visibility. They will also discuss recommended practices from the FHWA Pedestrian Lighting Primer.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3PBtYIY

#pedestriansafety #SafeSystem #VisionZero #RoadSafety