Rebecca Sanders

Mom/wife/Founder & PI, Safe Streets Research + Consulting/TRB Bike Committee Chair. Working toward safe, healthy, equitable communities. Still learning.

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

"(O)ur roadways reflect our priorities. As we consider a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure, we need a new transportation paradigm – one that prioritizes safety, and, in so doing, improves quality of life for us all." @pedbikebob @proulx_frank cc: @SecretaryPete

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

A great op-ed on Safety over Speed from @rebeccalsanders in @StreetsblogUSA this morning: https://t.co/V36byMhl68

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

Still true.

[National Academies @theNASEM]

In an article for @ISSUESinST, Rebecca Sanders argues that the U.S. needs to be more proactive in identifying high-risk road types and developing #RoadSafety standards that protect everyone — including bicyclists and pedestrians.

Read: https://t.co/GKvkJ1QWZJ

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

Truly insane, particularly for a city that would cease to function if everyone tried to drive. Our deference to driver convenience knows no bounds.

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

What the hell?!

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

@JoeBiden Thank you for your lifetime of service and sacrifice, President Biden. We will carry your legacy forward with the next generation.

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

@DrTaraGoddard Literally world changing. Toxic masculinity harms everyone and everything.

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

@DrTaraGoddard Woohoo!! So proud of and happy for you! 😘

[Jonathan Fertig @rightlegpegged]

Just finished my 7th(!) annual lecture on tactical urbanism to Prof Wes Marshall’s sustainable transportation systems class at CU Denver.
And this year he’s got a book coming out!
Preorder Killed By a Traffic Engineer with the discount code below.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Who is afraid of a 20 mph street?

One where >90% of people hit will survive

#SammysLaw allows a street that safe to exist in New York

It doesn't require it, it doesn't impose it, it just allows it - like the vast majority of states do

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

@duolingo, how do I reach customer service? I cannot connect to my children's accounts, even though I am paying for them. This is really frustrating.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Still don’t get why bike-lanes need to be separated, with real protected bike infrastructure, and why paint isn’t real infrastructure? “Paint doesn’t protect.”Watch this powerful before-&-after video of Lansdowne Street in #Melbourne via MelbourneWay.
https://t.co/N0lDy677Pb

[PBIC @pedbikeinfo]

Seeking insights to enhance your community's e-scooter program & safety initiatives? #PBICWebinar March 5 w/ @rebeccalsanders, @drchrischerry, & Dr. Laura Sandt will present tools & research to help, with @USDOTFHWA offering more resources & funding info: https://t.co/TspADX5xfW

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

This @VTTINEWS webinar about the Advanced Driver Assistance System #ADAS ecosystem with @DrTaraGoddard and @rebeccalsanders looks interesting https://t.co/nWfYNJc9ur

#ADAS is "touted as key to national safety goals" so how is it actually getting to consumers and used?

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

@cgthigpen @BarbChamberlain @DrTaraGoddard @pedbikeinfo Also not ringing bells for me, but I would not be surprised by that outcome given that driver expectancy and behavior are affected by the environment.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Car dependency contributes to the mental health crisis in America. Here's Saturn, lacking self-awareness about social isolation on earth.

[UC Berkeley SafeTREC @UCBSafeTREC]

Study co-authored by @UTKnoxville Ashkan Neshagaran, @drchrischerry & Safe Streets Research @rebeccalsanders finds:
➡️ #BikeLanes dramatically reduce sidewalk riding & general travel lane usage
➡️ need for #Micromobility supportive infrastructure in #RoadDesign
#TRBAM #TRBAM2024

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

"This isn't normal. This is preventable." Thank you, @SecretaryPete.
We can turn the tide of traffic violence in this country using a #SafeSytemApproach.

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

So many Americans have a personal connection to someone who has died on our roadways. It doesn’t have to be this way. We have an opportunity to honor their lives by designing safer streets toward a future with zero roadway fatalities.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

"No one had asked my side of the story. Having my lung pierced, and [multiple fractures] was bad enough, being blamed for being hit in the newspaper was emotionally devastating" - @Itcouldbeme2019

First hand experience of #WindshieldBias by new @BikeLeague board member

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

So much truth in this article. Thank you, Jeannie Ward-Waller.

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

"Last month, I was removed from my executive role at Caltrans because I spoke out – again – about the agency’s mindless impulse to add more lanes. It has to stop." - Jeanie Ward-Waller on her ousting from the Calif. DOT, via @StreetsblogCAL. https://t.co/oZH9cSyoNj

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

Truth: "We ask our children to do everything 'right' so adult drivers can do everything wrong." 😢

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

💯

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are. Ending their expansion needs to be as high a priority as any of the other climate issues Calif. is focused on." David Weiskopf of @NextGen_Policy for @streetsblogCAL
https://t.co/03nVWylFYk

[Rebecca Sanders @rebeccalsanders]

Proud to share this research on #escooter safety in collab w/ @hsrcinfo, @cee_utk, & @CitiesEquitable for @nasemtrb! The E-Scooter Safety Toolbox includes guidance on promising practices, data tools, & methods, as well as case studies. #safesystem #micromobility #VisionZero

[UNC HSRC @hsrcinfo]

A multidisciplinary team of HSRC researchers & partners w/@cee_utk, @CitiesEquitable, @rebeccalsanders, @nasemtrb & @theNASEM authored the “E-Scooter Safety Toolbox” to provide guidelines to improve safety for e-scooter users along with all road users https://t.co/igBBhScGj2