Dans le Washington Post
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
In recent decades, many of America’s roads have indeed become more chaotic: Speed limits are higher; vehicles are (much) bigger; drivers are more aggressive and more likely to be distracted by smartphones. When parents see massive SUVs speeding down neighborhood streets or blowing through stop signs, they might feel less inclined to allow their kids to roam freely on foot or bicycle. And though the number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, research by the CDC notes that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
This pattern, some parents say, can create a self-perpetuating cycle: If drivers are less accustomed to encountering kids on roads, they might be less likely to drive safely around them, which in turn makes parents more anxious and restrictive of their child’s movements.
But the fact that fewer kids are riding and biking around isn’t entirely because of a fear of cars, notes Peter Gray, a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. Gray has extensively studied the decreasing independence of children, and its impact on their development and mental health. He points to an underlying societal shift that began in the ’80s, when, instead of focusing on the resilience and competence of children, parents began to see them as vulnerable, fragile, in need of constant protection. As a result, he says, the spatial range of childhood — the ability of kids to explore beyond their parents’ supervision outside — began to shrink dramatically.
“The whole purpose of childhood is to become increasingly independent of your parents, increasingly able to run your own life, make your own decisions, judge for yourself what’s safe or not safe, solve your own problems,” Gray says. When kids aren’t given the chance to do this, he says, “I think it’s not too extreme to say that what is lost is the opportunity to grow up.”
He believes that it’s vital for kids to have the kind of experience and autonomy that walking and biking around a community can afford. But he’s also a grandparent to preschool-age kids, and he lives on a road with no sidewalk, where cars regularly zip past at 50 miles per hour despite the 35 mile per hour speed limit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/08/13/unsafe-roads-are-hurting-kids/
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J’adore le code de couleur utilisé pour la carte du réseau cyclable de Boston par l’organisme Boston Cyclist Union :
https://labs.bostoncyclistsunion.org/#/map
Il y a un appel d’offre pour l’aménagement d’une piste cyclable à Chicoutimi
je ne suis pas allée voir les plans, mais ils intéresseraient p-ê @jacouzi et @judesaulniers, pour voir ce qui se fait en région 
2025-526 /20087861
PISTE CYCLABLE ENTRE LES RUES DE LA MANIC ET DES INVESTISSEURS / Arrondissement de Chicoutimi
Avis d’appel d’offres - Ouvrages de génie civil
Ville de Saguenay
I’ve mentioned a number off time on this forum that Japanese engineers are masters at stacking several layers of infrastructure. This is one of their latest project, the renewal of highway C1 in the heart of Tokyo. It involves removing an elevated highway above a river and moving it into a new tunnel. There are multiple metro lines in the area, an existing road tunnel and numerous bridge foundations.
Before they can even begin work, they are going to have too move quite a number of bridge foundations. They have to dig under the river without blocking it. They are going to cut into the existing road tunnel without removing the ceiling. What they are doing is totally insane by our standards and would most definitely be deemed impossible.
En fait, je travaille sur un projet pour pouvoir générer ce genre de cartographie pour le réseau de Laval.
Ce type de désignation c’est le LTS (Level of traffic stress). Les tableaux de Boston sont disponibles ici : https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2020/12/Bicycle%20Level%20of%20Traffic%20Stress%20Report%20%26%20Guide%20for%20Large%20Developments.pdf
Les tableaux et la recherche originale sont disponibles ici: https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/1005-low-stress-bicycling-network-connectivity.pdf
J’ai adapté les tableaux d’origines du LTS pour une contexte plus sévère, et des réalités du géomatique de la ville pour quantifier les améliorations effectués aux tronçons existantes et de souligner des tronçons clés pour rejoindre les îlots d’un bas niveau de stress. J’ai également ajouté le niveau 0 pour les tronçons et site propre et niveau 5 pour les cas extrêmes.
Les tableaux ajustés :
J’aime également les planificateurs d’itinéraire comme celle de Madison, et j’espère avoir un outil comme ceci dans le futur : ArcGIS Web Application
il y a justement des barrières anti-suicides prévues dans la version finale du projet, qui est actellement pas financée.
En complément, il y aussi un projet incluant un ascenseur et escalier qui connecte le passage piéton et cycliste à Granville island.
Pas sûr où placer l’article. À déplacer au besoin
Doug Ford et son gouvernement vont aller en appel…
Ford government appeals bike lane court decision
After calling a superior court ruling to prevent the province from removing bike lanes “ridiculous,” Premier Ford moves ahead with his promise to appeal. Mark McAllister reports.
Nouvelle vidéo de Oh the Urbanity!
The Cycling Potential Hiding in Plain Sight
Why do only 20,000 people (not even 2% of commuters in the City of Chicago) bike to work? Is it the density or distances? The heat in the summer or cold in the winter? Maybe the wind? There’s one problem with those explanations: the simple fact that way more people walk to work in Chicago than bike to work — 80,000 versus 20,000.
Dave Amos/City Beautiful a visité le Seawall de Vancouver
I Rode the Longest Waterfront Path in the World
Vancouver, BC is home to the longest waterfront bike path in the world. I rode all 28 kilometers while considering how long-distance paths can be used for tourism and commuting.
Resources on this topic: https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/seawall.aspx
Sur Nebula pour la version sans publicité : I Rode the Longest Waterfront Path in the World | Nebula
Vidéo de Dave Amos / City Beautiful sur la piétonnisation de la rue Broadway à NYC
Sur la chaîne YouTube de CBC News
Here are the bike paths you don’t want to miss in Ottawa-Gatineau | Creator Network
After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, world traveler and content creator Gab Vaugeois was grounded. So, he hopped on his bike in his hometown of Gatineau, Quebec, to rediscover the beauty in his own backyard. Vaugeois takes you on a tour of his top trails in the National Capital Region for CBC Ottawa’s Creator Network.
Read more: cbc.ca/1.7595816
J’adorais emprunter les pistes à Ottawa avec mon vélo. VIA Rail quand va-t-il permettre les vélos sur le train? 
Les vélos sont acceptés, il faut les enregistrés et les mettre dans une boite à vélo et aviser 48h d’avance
Wow. Je le suis sur Youtube. Drôle de le voir sur CBC.
Si vous voulez voir ces autres aventures en vélo:
CBC fait des collaborations avec quelques YouTubers sous CBC Creator Network, mais je n’avais rien vu depuis la vidéo de Paige Saunders sur Via Rail.
Il y a cette liste sur la chaîne youTube du Réseau : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJyG4btas2dl-_Ucy2WHBZA1IDqDiBZYB
la liste sur CBC News : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBieLN-VAC4&list=PLeyJPHbRnGaa4TAT3R8PEbtp0-Pq_MR15
Sinon, d’autres liens ici : https://www.cbc.ca/independentproducers/genres/other/creator-network
Le virus anti-vélo de Doug Ford se propage!
Calgary Mayoral candidate Jeff Davison proposes fewer bike lanes
Calgary mayoral candidate, Jeff Davison, is making bike lanes an election issue. He says he’d freeze any new bike lane projects for the next 4 years. Rayn Rashid speaks to Calgarians on the topic.
That’s a BIG nope for me. Painted have a tendency to be rather slippery as soon as they are wet. It is the worst thing you could do to a bike lane. I am fine with lettering, but the rest of the surface really should be left bare.