We don’t often find out if the drivers involved were speeding, distracted, or impaired. Instead, the behavior of people who were riding bikes or walking becomes the focus of reporting.
John Bennett
John Bennett is Safety Education Programs Manager at Georgia Bikes.
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Bigger vehicles, bigger problems
Last Tuesday I heard the Trolley Problem mentioned by two different people in less than an hour
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Looking ahead to good news for mobility options in 2019
I OFTEN hear business owners talk about having trouble finding employees who can be counted on to show up on time and ready to work. These laments are usually part […]
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The health benefits of safer streets
Along with diabetes and complications, the website allows visitors to peer into Savannah neighborhoods and see rates for stroke, respiratory disease, and poor and low sleep
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Introducing: Bike Walk Savannah
On Nov. 29 the Savannah Bicycle Campaign began operating as Bike Walk Savannah
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Greenways & Greenbacks: Economy, health are both beneficiaries
‘What we hear over and over is a community will have its naysayers, sure that the Greenway will bring trouble or isn’t worth the cost. Then, once it is built, everyone loves it and businesses will note if they are close to it. The community’s investment pays off for decades forward.’
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Perspective and privilege
Our mistake is presuming that everyone has a choice, but that’s not the end of our failure to comprehend the realities many of our fellow Savannahians face every day.
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Ardsley in Motion: ‘Resident-driven’ research
The goal is to develop a guide for making the neighborhood safer for people of all ages and abilities
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Welcome to a vibrant cycling culture
So, in a way, Savannah’s unique bicycle culture has grown in spite of neglect by local officials
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Scooter debate conveniently ignores autos — again
The real problem is we have given over much of the public realm to cars. People who walk, use wheelchairs, or ride bikes, e-scooters, and new modes of locomotion yet to come are left fighting with each other for the scraps.
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Nightmare Scenario: What to do if you’re hit by a car while riding your bike
Although the crash was not my fault, everything I did in its wake was a mistake
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The weaponization of jaywalking
Campaigns warning against the alleged dangers of distracted walkers have benefited from the twin tailwinds of general angst over a society that seems to have surrendered to its screens and a spike in pedestrian fatalities.