Another pedestrian hit in a crosswalk The Anchorage Police Department has finally confirmed a pedestrian death in South Anchorage reported on social media two days ago. A friend of the dead woman […]
Another death
Road kill 2
Me, me, me killers Part 2 of a three-part series With tens of thousands of people dying on American roads every year, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in 2023 polled drivers […]
Pedestrian confusions
The pedestrians are not the killers The mayor of Alaska’s largest wants to stiffen the so-called crime of “jaywalking” in the name of saving lives, and nobody seems to have asked […]
True traffic facts
Examining Anchorage’s Deadly Streets After a day spent perusing social media views on the record number of pedestrians being run down and killed by motor vehicles in Alaska’s largest city this year, […]
Dubious distinction
On pace for road-death record With 11 pedestrians dead this year on the streets of Sacramento, the California city of half a million people is on the verge of declaring a state […]
Road kill
A new Anchorage record Drivers of motor vehicles killed four pedestrians on Anchorage roads in five days last week and few residents of Alaska’s largest city paid it much attention. Imagine […]
Better living
If only we could curb the addiction…. Another study is out concluding that more exercise and improved diets could go a long way toward slowing what has become an epidemic of dementia […]
Reckless deaths
Charges brought in dog deaths A professional snowmachine rider from Minnesota has been charged with reckless driving in connection with the death of three sled dogs and injuries to more in […]
The vulnerable
The sad death of Carlton Higgins Part I of II The time has come to accept the reality of how pedestrians and cyclists – the people now known as “vulnerable road users” […]
Unnoticed devolution
Curse of the machines LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Almost from the moment of arrival at Heathrow Airport on the outskirts of this teeming European metropolis, you are confronted by the machines steadily […]
