Category: Transportation
03
Feb
What I Learned From Paying Attention to One Year of Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After intentionally and carefully observing for one year, there are a number of steps regular folks can take that would significantly reduce traffic fatalities and...
03
Feb
Still Falling
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not a “stubborn” storm. It’s winter. Remember winter? When multiple significant snow storms were routine and people seemed to know something about managing to...
01
Feb
Think Beyond Cars
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This top photo shows Park Terrace, southbound. The building on the left is an elementary school — Burns — and to the right of the...
28
Jan
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Moving to Slow the Carnage
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After 2020's astounding and unforgivable death count -- at least 60 pedestrians and six cyclists lost their lives in Connecticut -- maybe this will be...
26
Jan
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 9)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Even when the wind chill is like 7°F, people are out. While we’re noticing all the people, let’s also notice how in the pic below...
25
Jan
Want To Prevent Pedestrian Fatalities? Here’s One Thing You Can Do
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A minimum of 60 pedestrians and six cyclists were killed by motorists in this state in 2020. These were all preventable deaths.
03
Jan
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in December 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In December 2020, five people — that we know of — died from injuries sustained after being hit by motorists. That brings the minimum total...
24
Dec
Singing the Sidewalk Snow Removal Blues
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When you are subjected to a litany of excuses, year-after-year, for why the plowing sucked. Sure, we have a pandemic this year, but what was...
18
Dec
You Do Not Get To Complain About Pedestrians Walking In The Roadway If You Do Not Clear Your Sidewalk
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Property owners have a responsibility. My arms and back are sore today because I fulfilled mine.
This Needs To Work