DOT leader asks mayors to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/22/making-it-safer-to-bike-and-walk/22128735/

“U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, who became all-too-familiar with the issue as Charlotte’s mayor when two young boys were killed by a truck as their father walked them to day care, wants to change that.

Today [last Thursday] in Washington, D.C., he will challenge mayors and other elected officials to improve safety for walkers and bicyclists in their cities over the next year. His “Mayor’s Challenge” will urge participants at a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting to attend a special summit in March and then spend a year working to make their cities safer for bikers and walkers.”