In Oakland, CA, 2023 plans for Grand Ave. prioritize traffic flow over road safety, but big data analysis could support alternatives that balance both.
Hunter IrvinSeptember 5, 2023
By removing or repurposing lanes of traffic, a road diet can improve safety, cut emissions, and reduce traffic. See how they work, with real road diet examples and the data behind their success.
Editorial TeamApril 28, 2023
Complete Streets policies promote safe and equitable outcomes for all road users. Here’s how they do it, and how digital traffic data makes them more effective.
Editorial TeamMarch 17, 2023
A new report using StreetLight Metrics shows where fatal pedestrian accidents are most common.
Editorial TeamJuly 26, 2022
Connected vehicle data includes “near miss” indicators including harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and hard cornering. Combining that with transportation metrics offers fresh insights on vehicle safety.
Thomas GroganJune 1, 2021
See how to target the highest-exposure areas for bike safety improvements. This type of analysis can help cities and states invest wisely in bicycle safety through infrastructure planning that has the most impact.
Editorial TeamMay 26, 2021
Analyzing transportation risk in Orlando, FL for pedestrians reveals that at least one suburban zone has 19x higher risk than downtown, even though crash rates are similar.
Phaedra HiseApril 7, 2021
Visitorship seemed like it was increasing at Pocahontas State Park, Virginia’s top mountain biking destination. But what were the numbers, and where were visitors coming from? It only took a few hours in the StreetLight InSight ® software platform to find out, and the results surprised me.
Aleina KreiderFebruary 24, 2021
COVID-driven speeding averages don’t help individual neighborhoods. See how a community measured vehicle volumes and speeds to diagnose the problem.
Editorial TeamOctober 28, 2020
