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Yet now, after decades of overall improvement in driving safety, traffic fatalities are again on the rise. Deaths increased nationwide 8 percent last year - the largest year-to-year increase in a half-century. For the first six months of 2016, driving fatalities are up 9 percent over the same period last year, the National Safety Council reported Tuesday. The rebounding economy plays a large role, but safety experts say there is a new danger driving part of the increase: distracted driving. Drivers now are not just talking on cellphones - they're texting, using apps to follow directions, even playing Pokemon Go. Stopping this epidemic of distracted driving, safety advocates say, will take a societal shift to render such behavior socially unacceptable.

Before you start, my dear commenters - yes, I am aware that not all bicyclists follow the rules of the road. For what it’s worth, I do. But this article is not about that. Unlike some of these other rules that people might not know about, everybody knows this one. And yet, rarely a day passes when I don't have to interact with a motorist who is paying more attention to Instagram than to the huge piece of machinery he or she is operating. Please look at the road while driving. Lives depend on it. When you look at your phone while driving, what you're communicating to me is that you do not value my life. Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sharing-the-road/Dos-and-donts-for-sharing-the-road.html#IDyIOLXMHq6LJ1BK.99

Describing the four general categories of transportation cyclists in Portland and their differing needs best precedes a discussion of bikeway treatments. For lack of better terminology, Portlanders can be placed into one of the four following groups based on their relationship to bicycle transportation[2]: "The Strong and the Fearless," "The Enthused and the Confident," "The Interested but Concerned." The fourth group are non-riders, called the "No Way No How" group. Survey after survey and poll after poll has found again and again that the number one reason people do not ride bicycles is because they are afraid to be in the roadway on a bicycle. They are generally not afraid of other cyclists, or pedestrians, or of injuring themselves in a bicycle-only crash. When they say they are "afraid" it is a fear of people driving automobiles. This has been documented and reported in transportation literature from studies, surveys and conversations across the US, Canada, and Europe.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the positive impact of making cities more bike-friendly: "integrating health-enhancing choices into transportation policy has the potential to save lives by preventing chronic diseases, reducing and preventing motor-vehicle-related injury and deaths, improving environmental health, while stimulating economic development, and ensuring access for all people." The CDC also recognized that a lack of efficient transportation alternatives to driving and a fear of biking in heavy traffic only encouraged people to continue to drive all or most of the time.

Date: Aug, 17 2016 In 1950 the Walt Disney Company released a short cartoon called "Motor Mania". It stars Goofy, who plays a sort of Jekyll / Hyde character whose metamorphosis occurs not after ingesting a tonic but after getting behind the wheel of his car.

Excellent Pa Bike Safety Video's.

Support of safe driving around bicyclists by chief of pollice

A nice comparison to the four modes of travel that we have. I tried the map out on my route to work and it is relatively accurate.

Imagine getting a $3,000 to $12,000 tax rebate this year. Now imagine it coming again and again. Every year it grows by around a thousand dollars. Imagine how this would change your daily life. Sounds like a teabagger's wet dream, but it's actually a conservative estimate of how much you'd save by ditching your car, or even just one of your cars - and getting on a bicycle instead. Car-centric conditions don't always make it easy to choose the bicycle. Communities designed exclusively for motor vehicles impose a major financial penalty on those who are compelled to take on the expense of driving. But if you're one of those who lives in a bike-friendlier place, you'll be doing your local business community a good turn and padding Uncle Sam's pockets as well as your own if you trade four wheels for two.

Global Site Plans - The Grid Combining infrastructure and public art is something I'm passionate about. It just seems so obvious, both aesthetically and financially, to combine the two harmoniously. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho has accomplished just that. Coeur d'Alene ("KOR-duh-LANE") Idaho is about a forty-five-minute drive East on I-90 from Spokane, Washington.

Livable communities are a high priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Obama Administration. A livable community is one that provides safe and convenient transportation choices to all citizens, whether it's by walking, bicycling, transit, or driving. Each year, unfortunately, pedestrian fatalities comprise about 12 percent of all traffic fatalities and there are approximately 4,000 pedestrian deaths. Another 59,000 pedestrians are injured in roadway crashes annually. The numbers are improving, but we still have a ways to go. Pedestrian safety improvements depend on an integrated approach that involves the 4 E's: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Services. The FHWA's Office of Safety develops projects, programs and materials for use in reducing pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.