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• Bicycle And Pedestrian Commuting is Up, but House Transportation Bill Eliminates Funding

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 618
  The Alliance for Biking and Walking just released its 2012 Benchmarking Report which details that between 2000 to 2009, the number of commuters who bike to work increased by 57 percent in the USA, and that 12 percent of all trips are now taken by bike or on foot in this country. The report also highlights bicycle ...
  14 hours ago

• Pedestrian-detector to come to Mercedes cars

  
  TG Daily - All News — Authority: 632
  Top-of-the-range Mercedes vehicles will soon come equipped with an artificial vision system designed to detect pedestrians. read more
  15 hours ago

• Pune mayhem: Driver sent to police custody

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Pune, Jan 26 (IANS) A court here Thursday sent to police custody the mentally disturbed state transport bus driver who sped through busy streets here a day earlier, killing eight people and injuring 29, police said.“Santosh Mane has been remanded in police custody till Feb 3 by a court here,” a police officer ...
  1 week ago

• Greener Cities and the Drivers Who Call Them Home

  
  Greenfudge.org - Climate Change, Ecology, Nature, Environment, Controversial issues, Politics, Non Profit, Human Rights, Preservation — Authority: 89
  Image by bekkli (source: Morguefile) Urban Forestry is a growing trend in cities looking to actively clean their air and water while making streets aesthetically pleasing for pedestrians, bike riders, and drivers as well. While I could list any number of benefits trees in urban areas have been shown to produce, ...
  1 week ago

• Nine dead after bus driver goes on the rampage in India

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Nine dead after bus driver goes on the rampage in India A bus driver has gone on a rampage through the crowded streets of a central Indian city, mowing down pedestrians and leaving nine people dead. published date:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT
  1 week ago

• Nine killed as mentally ill man hijacks Pune bus (Second lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed, 27 injured and 30-40 vehicles damaged when a mentally disturbed staffer of the government bus service hijacked a state transport bus and sped blindly through the streets here Wednesday, police said.“So far, nine pedestrians, including two children have been ...
  1 week ago

• Eight killed as car hits pedestrians in Jakarta

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Jakarata, Jan 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least eight people, including a child, were killed and four injured after a minivan hit 12 pedestrians in Indonesian capital Jakarata.The accident occurred when a woman driving a minivan, with her three friends as passengers, lost control of the vehicle and ploughed into the ...
  1 week ago

• Legislative Update 1-18-12

  
  Virginia Bicycling Federation — Authority: 105
  In the Senate Transportation Committee this afternoon… SB 264, motor vehicles not to follow ANY vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, patroned by Adam Ebbin, was quickly reported on to the full Senate with very little discussion. Both bills patroned by George Barker, SB210 & SB219, which would ...
  2 weeks ago

• Headphone wearers risk traffic accidents

  
  TG Daily - All News — Authority: 632
  Weve all been told off, quite rightly, for distracted driving - but distracted walking? read more
  2 weeks ago

• Study: Headphones + Pedestrians + Vehicles Can = Trouble

  
  Blogburger — Authority: 138
  We saw someone walking along the street the other day with a cascade of dollar bills falling from her pocket — oblivious to the warnings of passers-by because she was wearing headphones. She could’ve lost more than a few bucks, according to a study of pedestrian-vehicle accidents in which the walker was using ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nicollet Avenue Gathering Spaces?

  
  Kingfield — Authority: 106
  Picture a Nicollet Avenue main street from Lake to 40th Street with bustling shoppers, blinking lights, and chattering people. Then tell us, where are the people gathering to greet each other, pass a few minutes, and catch up on the community gossip?  Which intersections or nooks along that stretch seem ripe for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Deaths of Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians Increase

  
  Capital Region at the Crossroads — Authority: 110
  Remember, those cars outweigh you by quite a bit.
  2 weeks ago

• Headphone Woes

  
  Naked News Headlines — Authority: 127
  A new report says using headphones on handheld devices can be extremely dangerous – especially to pedestrians. According to US researchers, male headphone wearers under the age of 30 were most commonly involved in traffic accidents. The reasons are simple enough: they have difficulty hearing sirens, car horns, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Newt Rises

  
  Naked News Headlines — Authority: 127
  Mitt Romney’s path to clinching the Republican nomination hit a rather hefty speed bump on Monday night’s Fox News debate. The former Massachusetts governor floundered throughout much of the two-hour broadcast, with most analysts giving Newt Gingrich the win. A major sticking point was Romney’s continued ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daily MP3 Headlines 01/17/2012

  
  Naked News Headlines — Authority: 127
  Cruise Ship Captain Abandoned Ship Long Before Passengers Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino abandoned ship half an hour before hundreds of passengers were evacuated. This according to transcripts of a conversation he had with the coastguard, which were published by an Italian newspaper. When authorities ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study Finds That Deaths of Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians Increase

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 134
  By Trista Kelley Bloomberg The number of headphone-wearing pedestrians seriously injured or killed near roadways and railways has tripled in six years, according to a U.S. study. The number of cases rose from 16 in 2004-2005 to 47 in 2010-2011, according to the research published today in the online ...
  2 weeks ago

• Headphone-Related Deaths Increasing in the US, Study Finds

  
  Spinner — Authority: 668
  Filed under: News Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images According to a newly published study , the number of pedestrians in the United States who have been killed or severely injured while wearing headphones has apparently tripled in the last six years. We know what youre probably thinking: Maybe cars just need ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wearing Headphones Will Kill You [Health]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 830
  Hello. Lets get right to the point: someday you will die. Maybe youll sacrifice yourself to save a bus full of nuns, or die bringing food to starving children in a war zone, or pass away at the age of 90, surrounded by an enormous, loving family and all your Nobel prizes. More likely, though, you will get ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rain on top of snow equals gross

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 113
  Atwells Avenue bridge over Route 95 At midnight last night I almost went out to do some honest to goodness snowblogging , it was really coming down. But come morning, it had changed to rain and most of the snow was gone. The amount of snow we got before the changeover, and the amount of rain that fell on top of it, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Serious Injuries To Pedestrians Wearing Headphones More Than Tripled In Six Years, US Study

  
  Blogburger — Authority: 138
  A review of pedestrian injuries and deaths from crashes with trains and motor vehicles in the United States where the victim was wearing headphones finds that incidents of serious injury have more than tripled in the last six years… Featured Health News from Medical News Today
  2 weeks ago

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