Pedestrian safety is everyone’s responsibility, and should be everyone’s concern. It’s easy, however, to become desensitized to the dangers urban environments can present to pedestrians. It’s equally easy, in our modern world, to become distracted in the crucial moment when your attention is most essential. Accidents don’t just happen in bad weather, low light, unfamiliar…
Read MoreA car accident means, at minimum, one driver. No two drivers are going to be alike because no two people are alike. We encounter drivers that are deeply, shamefully irresponsible as well as drivers who are simply unlucky. The field of personal injury law makes legal judgements to assess responsibility, not moral judgements. Society at…
Read MoreWhen discussing infrastructure and civil engineering, the concept of “walkability” comes up often. American towns and cities have long been criticized as overly car-centric, often at the expense of the common pedestrian. A lack of accommodation isn’t going to keep people from walking. As is so often the case, human stubbornness and capacity for risk-taking…
Read MoreScooter sharing has become a key part of urban transit infrastructure. The electric scooter is the ideal combination of compactness, agility, and eco-friendliness to bridge the awkward distance between long walks and short bus, train, or car rides. Services like Bird, Spin, and the Uber-backed Lime offer a genuine convenience for a manageable fee. Tired…
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