There are 11 article(s) tagged Pedestrian Safety:

• October 2024

  • Guest Column: Safe streets put pedestrians first — not cars

    “My son was just walking to a friend’s house, doing what millions of children do every day. He had his whole life ahead of him. That life was stolen from him.”

    By Rebekah McConnell October 23, 2024

• September 2023

  • Officials hunt for ways to reduce pedestrian deaths

    As of Sept. 22, the number of pedestrian deaths in Memphis is down 28% from the same point last year, but up 73% compared to 2013. 

    By Julia Baker September 29, 2023

• August 2023

  • Innovate Memphis fills new role to help students get to school

    Nikki Dildine and her team will work on a school-by-school basis supporting transportation safety programs.

    By Alicia Davidson August 02, 2023

• November 2021

  • Hit & ruin: Vandalism destroys art honoring dead pedestrians, cyclists

    The 69 symbolic figures represented the record number of walkers and bikers who were killed on Memphis streets last year.

    By Tom Bailey November 29, 2021

• September 2021

  • Officials lay groundwork for Summer Avenue improvements

    Poll participants identified the need for protected bike lanes, safer pedestrian crossings, more appealing building development, better lighting and increasing the sense of security as issues on a five-mile stretch of Summer.

    By Tom Bailey September 10, 2021

• July 2021

  • Crosswalk cutouts: Grim reminders of pedestrian deaths

    Each silhouette in a new public art installation in the Heights represents a Memphis pedestrian killed by a vehicle in 2020.

    By Tom Bailey July 07, 2021

• March 2021

  • Distracted driving, speed cited as factors in pedestrian death increase

    Speed and distraction factored into a record increase of pedestrian deaths in Memphis during 2020. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 09, 2021

• January 2020

  • Driver hits pedestrian in heavily marked crosswalk

    Video shows a Jeep motoring through the new Highland Strip crosswalk, and striking and hurling a schoolteacher through the air. Police did not charge the driver, raising questions about how serious the city takes pedestrian safety. 

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020

• November 2019

  • Pedestrian fatalities, injuries spur calls for action

    Thirty pedestrians have died in vehicle-related accidents in Memphis so far this year. Many more are injured. Elected leaders and advocates are discussing ways to help make streets safer in the Memphis metro area. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 11, 2019

• October 2019

  • Walking in Memphis: It shouldn’t be terrifying

    Memphis is near the top of the list of places in America where it simply is not safe to be a human traveling outside of a motor vehicle. About 30 pedestrians lose their lives on Memphis streets each year.

    By John Paul Shaffer October 09, 2019

• August 2019

  • Plan revealed: Making Highland slower, safer, prettier

    Planning consultants on Monday evening unveiled proposals to make a half-mile of Highland near the University of Memphis safer for walkers and more appealing for everyone.

    By Tom Bailey August 27, 2019