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Civic body?s FOB plan surprising
Mumbai :: India | 19 minutes ago
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C is planning to provide foot overbridges (FOB) and subways on widened roads and also skywalks as pedestrian walkways. This is quite surprising as earlier experiences have clearly indicated that FOBs and subways remain largely unused and thus result in...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Pedestrian, Transportation, Subway, Pedestrian crossings, Walking, Locomotion, Hospitality Recreation
U.S. 40 among top danger spots for pedestrians
Montgomery Village :: MD :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Casey Kim points to the spot where the body of a woman hit by a car on U.S...Kim, owner of On Lok Liquors, said the victim, 38-year-old Melissa Dawn Sullivan of Baltimore, was one of four people killed in separate pedestrian crashes just outside his door...
Tags: U.S, West Baltimore, arterials roads, Montgomery Village, Walking, Traffic law, Traffic, Pedestrian, Road traffic safety, Types of roads, Road transport, Road safety, Disaster Accident
Truck knocks down CBD tree
Sydney :: Australia | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Pedestrians and motorists had a narrow escape in Sydney's CBD when a truck hit a large tree and brought it crashing down. People were walking by when the truck hit the tree at the intersection of York Street and King Street about 1.20pm.
Tags: York Street, Australia, Sydney, Street, Pedestrian, Traffic, Traffic law, Road safety, Road transport
'Wider roads, fly-overs won't solve traffic woes'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility In Bogota, 20 per cent of the people who use the public transport system are car owners, but they leave them at home because the bus is quicker and easier. There are two arguments in favour of using cars intelligently. One is the quality of life argument...
Tags: public space, New York City, Mumbai, Pedestrian, Parking, Cycling, Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Sustainable transport, Walking, Road safety
Woman in serious condition after hit-and-run
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A woman in her mid-30s is in serious condition at University Hospital after being struck Friday evening by a minivan that fled the scene, Louisville Metro Police said. Police are looking for a white Pontiac Trans Sport believed to have struck her, said...
Tags: Alicia Smiley, Louisville, Car classifications, Sport utility vehicle, Pickup truck, Law Crime, Disaster Accident, Louisville Kentucky, Pontiac Trans Sport, Pedestrian, Traffic collision, Louisville Metro Police Department, Jefferson County Kentucky, Minivans, Louisville metropolitan area
San Antonio's walkability
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Downtown San Antonio rates as today's version of a walker's paradise, at least according to the Web site WalkScore.com, which ranks the nation's 40 largest cities and their neighborhoods based on how easy it is to survive — and thrive — on foot.
Tags: River North, San Antonio, Ed Cross, Reinhart, Pedestrian, Convenience store, Dallas, Walking, Walkability, Walkscore.com
India’s pilgrims call for pukka pavements after monks die on road
Mumbai :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility India leads the world in road fatalities, with about 114,000 traffic accident deaths — one every five minutes — last year, according to official figures. Few groups are more at risk than the millions of religious devotees who travel the country by foot,...
Tags: India, Walkeshwar Jain, Mumbai Religious, jain monks, pukka pavements, Mumbai, Pedestrian, Transportation, Walking, Highway, Sidewalk, Types of roads, Jainism, Locomotion, Disaster Accident
4 injured when Ottawa driver runs red
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility Four people were sent to hospital and a portion of Bank Street was closed after a serious collision at Bank and Catherine streets on Thursday. A vehicle ran a red light at the intersection at around 11:15 a.m., struck another vehicle and spun out of control,...
Tags: Bank Street, Canada, Toronto, Pedestrian, Traffic, Walking, Road safety, Disaster Accident
Report: Bike accidents outpace safety spending
Greenwich :: CT :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility A new report ranks Connecticut 26th in the nation for its spending on road access and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. It cites inadequate spending by state and city governments to alleviate dangers related to walking and riding.
Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Kevin Nursick, Greenwich, Transportation planning, Urban studies and planning, Complete streets, Traffic collision, Pedestrian, Cycling, Sustainable transport, Walking, Disaster Accident
UHP: Troopers on way to investigation truck-pedestrian accident
Aurora :: CO :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility 30 p.m., the truck driver reported the incident to UHP, saying he had "hit something," apparently on Interstate 15. "It turns out he apparently hit someone. We don't know what that person's condition is yet," said patrol spokesman Cameron Roden.
Tags: Aurora, Garbage truck, Waste collection, Interstate 80 in Utah, Law Crime, Utah Highway Patrol, UHP, Truck driver, Disaster Accident, Intersection, Pedestrian, Walking, Pedestrian crossing, Florida Highway Patrol, Aurora Colorado, Colorado State Patrol, Lakewood Colorado, Interstate 225
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