pedestrian safety

City officials will conduct a complete streets study of nearly four miles through Westwood, East Westwood, Millvale, North Fairmount, and English Woods.

Spring in Our Steps is preserving and improving alleyways and public stairways.

City officials say a new interpretation of state law allows them to lower the speed limit from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour in some cases.

Some of the city's record-high funding for pedestrian safety will be used to make it safer to walk or roll (via bike, wheelchair, or other mobility assistance) throughout the city.

The deadline for the new Slow Down to Save Lives contest sponsored by City Council members is May 12 at midnight.

The rally for pedestrian safety comes months after a car hit and killed UC student Cayden Turner in an intersection just off campus.

Both Newport and Covington this week agreed to participate in bicycle infrastructure planning. The project comes after a car hit and killed cyclist Gloria San Miguel on the 11th Street Bridge between the two cities in August.

As of Dec. 23, 266 people have been hit by drivers in the city. That’s about 37% less than a peak in 2018.

An ordinance aimed at designing safer streets will be up for a vote at Cincinnati Council next week. It would adopt a “Complete Streets” policy for the city. That means any time a street is built or re-paved, engineers will include things like speed bumps, bike lanes, or curb extensions, or explain why it’s not feasible.

Northside Community Council member Henry Brown says the working group has established a good definition of the problem as a starting point. But, he says, "I think one thing that we haven't quite broached yet is what are the surrounding improvements that need to happen to actually make things safer for pedestrians? And that includes the city bus, obviously, as a very important one."