{"id":187038541,"date":"2010-12-05T19:09:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187038541"},"modified":"2010-12-05T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:09:01","slug":"bike-lanes-make-streets-safer-for-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187038541","title":{"rendered":"Bike Lanes Make Streets Safer for Pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[B&#8217; Spokes: Hmmm, Maryland does has a really high pedestrian fatality rate.]<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>from planetizen<\/p>\n<p>A new study from the New York City Department of Transportation shows that streets with painted bike lanes are 40% less dangerous for pedestrians, among other findings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contents\" style=\"border: medium none;\">\n<p>A rundown from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign hits some of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Several of the study\u2019s findings echo conclusions drawn by the Campaign\u2019s recent reports.  In particular, DOT\u2019s analysis shows that 60 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur on wide \u201carterials,\u201d though they make up only 15 percent of the road network \u2014 a key finding of our Dangerous Roads report.  And, as with our Older Pedestrians at Risk report, the DOT notes that seniors are disproportionately represented among NYC pedestrian fatalities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"publish_urls\">\n  <span class=\"label3\">Full Story:<\/span><br \/>\n  <span class=\"content3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/news\/redirect_new.php?id=45759-0\">Groundbreaking NYCDOT Pedestrian Study Recommends Testing 20 mph Limit for Neighborhoods<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"publish_urls\">\n  <span class=\"label3\">Source:<\/span><br \/>\n  <span class=\"content3\">Tri-State Transportation Campaign, <span class=\"date-display-single\">August 30, 2010<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/45759\">https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/45759<\/a>oldId.2010120519090198<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[B&#8217; Spokes: Hmmm, Maryland does has a really high pedestrian fatality rate.] from planetizen A new study from the New York City Department of Transportation shows that streets with painted bike lanes are 40% less dangerous for pedestrians, among other findings. A rundown from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign hits some of the highlights. &#8220;Several of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187038541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bike Lanes Make Streets Safer for Pedestrians&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187038541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187038541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187038541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187038541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187038541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187038541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187038541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}