Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is)

Visit https://80000hours.org/notjustbikes for free advice and information about finding a career that provides an opportunity to have a positive impact on the world. Sign up to their newsletter today. Crossing the street should be safe, convenient, and easy, but it isn't. And that's because in the US and Canada, the roads are designed for exactly one purpose: to move lots of cars as quickly as possible. Watch this video ad and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-crossing-the-street-shouldnt-be-deadly-but-it-is Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes --- References & further reading: Ontario Traffic Man - Multi-phase crossings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSnSeyG74fw Signalized Intersection with Prohibited Right-turn-on-Red http://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/detail.cfm?facid=4579#commentanchor http://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/study_detail.cfm?stid=297 When Cities Treated Cars as Dangerous Intruders https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-cities-treated-cars-as-dangerous-intruders/ The Invention of ‘Jaywalking’ https://marker.medium.com/the-invention-of-jaywalking-afd48f994c05 Jaywalking - Historically Speaking https://idiomation.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/jaywalking/ When there is no such concept as ‘jaywalking’ https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/when-there-is-no-such-concept-as-jaywalking/ “Distracted Pedestrians”: Distracting from the Real Issues https://visionzeronetwork.org/distracted-pedestrians-distracting-from-the-real-issues/ Historical photos of Amsterdam - Stadsarchief Amsterdam https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/1aa413df-b9e5-e633-ca99-d9dd319bb8b7 https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/5831aa8b-b402-10bc-c065-b2ba800da6db https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/f32d73a7-17b0-bd80-7942-74ba69b0bcd3 https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/75e1fc61-17e8-f731-b7ca-0bd9c95cc1f4 https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/5c6148a8-8cdb-2515-42e7-3bdb5c1432af https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/c76bcf23-7349-8d1d-6f2d-b27512dddf8f Duurzaam Veilig Wegverkeer (Sustainable Traffic Saftey) https://swov.nl/nl/factsheet/duurzaam-veilig-wegverkeer Rotonde op het Aalsmeerplein, gezien in zuidelijke richting naar de Henk Sneevlietweg https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/e24ca0b2-f0a0-85e7-2888-d6f12e8a60ac "Be Nice, Look Twice" - SFMTA https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/safety/safety-education-campaigns/pedestrian-safety https://www.12news.com/article/traffic/pedestrian-fatalities-in-the-us-reach-four-decade-high-see-where-arizona-stands/75-03c99af3-5f9d-4184-8f19-2e7bfe5f7f79 HAWK Pedestrian Signal - Compliance Review https://deldot.gov/Programs/DSHSP/pdfs/OtherPedProjects/HAWK_Study_Report_May2020.pdf Black-tailed Godwit calling Birdfun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnXXqHaoWgs Assessing the Impact of Large-Scale Trends on Ontario’s Pedestrian Fatality Rate https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0361198121999625 Ontario's Pedestrian Crash Causation Study https://trid.trb.org/view/1759830 Common pedestrian accidents in Ontario https://injured.ca/what-are-the-most-common-pedestrian-accidents-in-ontario/ Preliminary 2020 Ontario Road Safety Annual Report https://files.ontario.ca/mto-3/mto-preliminary-orsar-2020-en-2021-11-18.pdf EndTheStreakTX PSA: 30 - TxDOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78y5a_whhnc For Pedestrians in Phoenix, 2021 Has Been Deadly https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/for-pedestrians-in-phoenix-2021-has-been-especially-deadly-12263810 What are the deadliest areas for pedestrians in Arizona? https://www.azcentral.com/pages/interactives/news/local/arizona-data/where-arizona-pedestrians-hit-car-crash-death/ Swedish Vision Zero policies for safety https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753517309013 Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV) https://swov.nl/en This video contains media licensed from Getty Images Nederlandse vertaling door Casper de With --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:54 It's about moving cars 1:39 Beg buttons 2:23 Right turn on red 3:21 Why do we all go at the same time? 4:05 Countdown timers 4:35 Traffic engineers don't care about you 5:27 Everything is so far away 5:50 Slip lanes suuuuuuck 6:27 A wide road in Amsterdam 7:03 Smarter, independent traffic signals 8:31 Two-phase crossings 9:24 Out damned beg buttons! 9:59 Roads designed for safety, not speed 11:10 Stop signs and minor junctions 12:26 Continuous sidewalks (yay!) 14:29 Jaywalking is bullshit 17:47 The Netherlands wasn't always like this 19:00 Mid-block zebra crossings ("Ah, Jesus!") 20:36 Raised crossings and speed bumps 21:38 Over-engineered bullshit (HAWK crossings) 23:08 Concrete trenches in the sky (pedestrian bridges) 24:45 WTF (pedestrian crossing flags) 26:13 We know how to keep pedestrians safe, we just don't 28:00 Conclusion 29:08 How to make the world a better place 31:08 Patreon shout-out