Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

Essay: In Opposition To The Suffolk County Legislature's Introductory Resolution 2025, Andrea Callan Mar 2008

Essay: In Opposition To The Suffolk County Legislature's Introductory Resolution 2025, Andrea Callan

Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

No abstract provided.


Why Pedestrian-Friendly Street Design Is Not Negligent, Michael Lewyn Jan 2008

Why Pedestrian-Friendly Street Design Is Not Negligent, Michael Lewyn

Scholarly Works

In recent decades, American state and local highway officials have built wide streets and roads designed primarily to accommodate high-speed automobile traffic. However, such high-speed streets are more dangerous for pedestrians and bicyclists than streets with slower traffic, and thus fail to adequately accommodate nondrivers. Government officials design streets for high-speed traffic partially because of their fear of tort liability. An influential street engineering manual, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Green Book, has generally favored the construction of such high-speed streets, and transportation planners fear that if they fail to follow the Green Book's recommendations, they …