This fall the D.C. Council will consider the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015. This proposed legislation includes the following provisions to increase safety for bikers and walkers:

• Ensure the public will know about pedestrian crashes.
• Establish bicycle and pedestrian “priority areas.”
• Change the planning policies for DC’s traffic planners.
• Increase bike safety and bike-riding education.
• Increase penalties for drunk driving, provide for better training
  of drivers.
• Enable citizen review of major crashes involving pedestrians.