Safe Streets in Virginia

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CSG in VCN's 2024 Our Common Agenda: Saving Pedestrian Lives

CSG in VCN’s 2024 Our Common Agenda: Saving Pedestrian Lives

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The massacre on our roadways is the result of worsening speeding, larger vehicles like SUVs and trucks with limited visibility, increases in driver impairment and distraction, and roadway design that prioritizes cars’ speed over the lives of the Commonwealth’s residents. The tools to reverse this tragic trend are as simple as sidewalks and pedestrian refuges, but Virginia needs policy and resources to make a change.

TAKE ACTION: Tell VDOT to prioritize walkable, transit-friendly communities in its climate strategy

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Your feedback is critical to ensure that VDOT prioritizes fostering walkable, transit-friendly communities connected by clean, convenient intercity rail and bus systems rather than continuing to pave over Virginia and making communities more car-dependent and less safe to walk and bike.  

TAKE ACTION: Ask Alexandria City Council to support Duke St bus lanes, safer walking & biking 

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The project Advisory Group, representing a diverse mix of corridor stakeholders, last month voted overwhelmingly to recommend dedicated center-running bus lanes and improved walking and biking facilities as the best option to improve Duke St for all users. Council needs to hear from you, that you support this recommendation for a safer and truly multimodal Duke Street.

CSG in the News: Virginia Reduces Speed Limit On Stretch Of Route 1 In Fairfax County

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May 22, 2023 | DCist | Jenny Gathright Sonya Breehey, the northern Virginia advocacy manager for the Coalition for Smarter Growth, says the speed limit reduction is a “win for a safer Richmond highway and the communities along the corridor.” “The Richmond Highway corridor is just dangerous, and routinely sees

TESTIMONY: Supporting the Proposed Photo Speed Monitoring Devices Code Amendment

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CSG strongly supports the proposed photo speed monitoring code amendment and urges your approval and timely implementation of the program.