Street Smart Launches Fall Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Campaign

For Immediate Release: Friday, November 4, 2016

The regional Street Smart pedestrian and bicyclist safety initiative launched its fall campaign that will feature stepped up enforcement of traffic laws throughout the region. Safety experts warn that the end of daylight savings time brings darker evening commuting hours and greater risks for pedestrians and bicyclists. That’s why Washington-area transportation officials are urging all drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists to take simple steps to exercise caution, watch out for each other, and obey traffic laws.

Against a backdrop of 75 pairs of gently worn white shoes -- one for each pedestrian or bicyclist who perished last year in the Washington region -- representatives from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia kicked off the safety awareness campaign at the United Medical Center in southeast Washington, D.C., near where two pedestrians were killed last year. Read more.

Release ID: 16-220
Media Contact: Jeff Salzgeber 512-743-2659