Comments on: Secretary LaHood receives your message loud and clear, responds in kind http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/ Wed, 23 May 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard E Corbett, Exec Dir, Arizona Walks http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3909 Richard E Corbett, Exec Dir, Arizona Walks Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:48 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3909 We really need to train drivers better: 1) to pay careful attention while they are driving; 2) to NOT talk on cell phones or text while they are driving; and 3) above all, just be careful! More than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community in the last 15 years. These "accidents" overwhelmingly occur on roads that are dangerous by design, with little or no provision made for people on foot, in wheelchairs, or on a bicycle. With the 52 largest metro areas spending just $1.39 per person of federal funds on bicycle and pedestrian projects, it’s no wonder our streets are so dangerous. To make our streets safer, we need roads that are routinely designed for everyone using them – Complete Streets. And just as importantly, we need leaders who will drive those improvements. Write Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about making our streets safer for pedestrians. Go here to send your letter: http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/t/3224/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=570 It will only take a minute! Thanks for helping out! Richard Corbett, Executive Director Arizona Walks We really need to train drivers better: 1) to pay careful attention while they are driving; 2) to NOT talk on cell phones or text while they are driving; and 3) above all, just be careful!

More than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community in the last 15 years.

These “accidents” overwhelmingly occur on roads that are dangerous by design, with little or no provision made for people on foot, in wheelchairs, or on a bicycle. With the 52 largest metro areas spending just $1.39 per person of federal funds on bicycle and pedestrian projects, it’s no wonder our streets are so dangerous.

To make our streets safer, we need roads that are routinely designed for everyone using them – Complete Streets. And just as importantly, we need leaders who will drive those improvements.

Write Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about making our streets safer for pedestrians.

Go here to send your letter:

http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/t/3224/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=570

It will only take a minute! Thanks for helping out!

Richard Corbett,
Executive Director
Arizona Walks

]]> By: Ken Champion http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3867 Ken Champion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:38 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3867 America hot spot locations (1) with constrained multi-modal (ie. walking, biking, vehicular) facilities of poor safety design, and (2) end of engineered design life structures; should be replaced on through establishment of a high priority Federal and State project list for infrastructure replacement using Federal stimulus funds. America hot spot locations where such constraints exist and the structures have not reached the end of engineering design life should be studied for construction of high priority parallel structures, cantalevered additions, and still other routing considerations on Bicycle master plans to make multi-modal transportation safer in the U.S. Best Regards, KENNETH R. CHAMPION America hot spot locations (1) with constrained multi-modal (ie. walking, biking, vehicular) facilities of poor safety design, and (2) end of engineered design life structures; should be replaced on through establishment of a high priority Federal and State project list for infrastructure replacement using Federal stimulus funds.

America hot spot locations where such constraints exist and the structures have not reached the end of engineering design life should be studied for construction of high priority parallel structures, cantalevered additions, and still other routing considerations on Bicycle master plans to make multi-modal transportation safer in the U.S.

Best Regards,

KENNETH R. CHAMPION

]]> By: Chris Morfas http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3857 Chris Morfas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:07:34 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3857 Congrats to T4America! Well done!! Congrats to T4America! Well done!!

]]> By: Todd Edelman http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3855 Todd Edelman Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:19 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3855 It's great that this meeting happened, and I hope that Secretary LaHood does all he can to decrease the number of deaths and injuries on US streets. But this term "complete" really bothers me, just like "safer", "everyone" and so on... language is a powerful thing. More on my [Blog->http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2009/11/regarding-compleat-streets.html] It’s great that this meeting happened, and I hope that Secretary LaHood does all he can to decrease the number of deaths and injuries on US streets. But this term “complete” really bothers me, just like “safer”, “everyone” and so on… language is a powerful thing. More on my [Blog->http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2009/11/regarding-compleat-streets.html

]]> By: Streetsblog San Francisco » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3853 Streetsblog San Francisco » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:43 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3853 [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...] [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog Los Angeles » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3852 Streetsblog Los Angeles » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:21:33 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3852 [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...] [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog New York City » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3850 Streetsblog New York City » U.S. DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:33:47 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3850 [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...] [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » US DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety http://t4america.org/blog/2009/11/17/secretary-lahood-receives-your-message-loud-and-clear-responds-in-kind/#comment-3849 Streetsblog Capitol Hill » US DOT Secretary Gets a Message on Pedestrian Safety Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:58:05 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=4721#comment-3849 [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...] [...] Steve Davis at Transportation for America reports on the meeting T4A and several of its partners had with US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood on [...]

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