Bike Talk - Stop Victim Blaming (repost)

In this repost from March of 2024 Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles. Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways. “There Are No Accidents” author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to “jaywalkers,” “nutty drivers,” and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars. Author Caroline Paul on her article “My Mother got on a bike. It changed her life” and the book from which it sprang, New York Times bestseller “The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure.” One girl’s first time getting hit by a car. Bike Thought by Stacey.