It's getting warmer, which means more people will be walking around the city. When you're driving: ✅ slow down ✅ pay attention VirginiaDMV 12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond

We’re launching a set of street upgrades designed to create more protected space for people walking and biking along Forest Hill at the intersection of 41st Street and the intersection of 43rd Street.   Improvements include: •🚧 Pedestrian refuge islands with ADA accessible

Thanks ⁦12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond⁩ for inviting RDOT and VirginiaDMV to talk about pedestrian safety.

Report: shared bikes and scooters are helping users to drive less and to live without owning a car. veoride.com/wp-content/upl…

“We describe this as a Swiss cheese model of safety, which is if you stack up Swiss cheese, if you have enough pieces, then eventually all those holes will be covered. Each layer is very important. Safe cars, safe people, safe speeds...we need all these things at the same time,”

This is so encouraging: States are adopting Intelligent Speed Assistance to help prevent super-speeding. Kudos to all who supported the new Maryland bill! This is so needed in *every* state! Learn more from Families for Safe Streets National & get involved! familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-spe…

How important is Vision Zero? In Richmond, Vision Zero is more than a policy or a task force, it’s a movement to end the preventable heartbreak of traffic deaths and life-altering injuries. A Vision Zero approach requires a flat-out rejection of “accidents” as inevitable and a

What songs do YOU bike and roll to? We created a survey to collect the most rockin’ & rollin’ biking tunes. Submit your top 3 to help build a playlist to motivate #BikeRolltoSchoolDay events: unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_26…

May is the official bike month. But for many Richmonders, every month is bike month.

How important is shared micromobility? In 2025, Richmonders made 432,057 trips on shared electric scooters. 🛴 For many people, those would've been car trips.

Sadly, nearly 12,000 people died in alcohol-impaired crashes in 2024. Plan your safe, sober ride home: 🔴 Schedule a rideshare 🔴 Call a taxi 🔴 Have a sober friend drive you home

Left-turn hardening is the yellow & black device in the street that looks like a speed bump. It keeps people from cutting corners when turning, so they're paying more attention to people in crosswalks.

Next week, we'll celebrate Earth Day - and you can take it a step further. Through the Transit Access Partnership, your support helps keep transit accessible which keeps that impact rolling. buff.ly/FLF5pD5

Great to see so much active transportation today! 😎

Car makers solved one problem (for people inside) and created another (for people outside). 🚨 Here's why modern vehicle design is a pedestrian safety issue. The intended function of an A-pillar is structural integrity. It keeps the roof and windshield where they belong in the

It's spring cleaning time! axios.com/local/richmond…