{"id":371401718,"date":"2016-10-08T15:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T15:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=371401718"},"modified":"2016-10-08T15:08:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T15:08:38","slug":"volpe-truck-side-guard-research-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=371401718","title":{"rendered":"VOLPE: TRUCK SIDE GUARD RESEARCH &amp; RECOMMENDATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>-> A recent Volpe report summarizes their research and recommendations supporting San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency efforts to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety through truck-based strategies. Specifically, this initial report focuses on side guards, which are vehicle-based safety devices designed to prevent pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists from being run over by a large truck\u2019s rear wheels in a side-impact collision. &#8220;Vision Zero San Francisco Truck Side Guard Initiative: Technical Assessment and Recommendations&#8221; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2dt7MQc<br \/>\n(See also Volpe\u2019s recommended standard Truck Side Guard Specifications: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2dPTrMZ)<br \/>\nfrom CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling &#038; Walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-> A recent Volpe report summarizes their research and recommendations supporting San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency efforts to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety through truck-based strategies. Specifically, this initial report focuses on side guards, which are vehicle-based safety devices designed to prevent pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists from being run over by a large truck\u2019s rear &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=371401718\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VOLPE: TRUCK SIDE GUARD RESEARCH &amp; RECOMMENDATIONS&#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-371401718","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\/371401718","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=371401718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371401718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=371401718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=371401718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=371401718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}