USDOT Tackles Overlooked Barriers to ‘Complete Streets’ — And Sparks Debate
No “complete streets” policy will truly be complete until federal agencies dismantle the systems that make it so hard to build safe transportation networks in the first place.
March 3, 2022
THE BRAKE: Why Road Diets Fail — And How to Help Them Win
Two communities each planned to calm an ultra-wide, ultra-dangerous road with the support of the vast majority of the residents they asked, only to have those plans scuttled in the face of vocal opposition.
March 1, 2022
Colo. Traffic Engineers Walk (And Roll) a Mile In a Pedestrian’s Shoes
A walk was organized specifically to draw attention to the dangers experienced by people who walk and roll on Denver’s streets.
February 22, 2022
THE BRAKE: Why There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Car Accident’
The phrase "car accident" has become so ubiquitous in American life that most people don't blink when they hear it, at least if they're not a street safety advocate who understands just how much damage that term has done.
February 15, 2022
Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better
A recent Congressional hearing on “the road ahead for automated vehicles” largely ignored the potentially devastating effects that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.
February 10, 2022
STUDY: What A Lifetime of Car Ownership Costs — And Who Pays
The average motorist will pay a whopping $650,000 on the low end to own a car over his or her lifetime, and society will pick up over 40 percent of the tab, a new study finds.
February 9, 2022
Does America Need a ‘Mobility Bill of Rights’?
A new effort to get Washington state legislators to adopt a “transportation bill of rights” is prompting conversation about what might be possible if more American cities stopped treating universal access to sustainable mobility as a far-off goal.
February 7, 2022
New Fed. Law Requires Some (But Not All!) States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety
A slate of new guidelines will encourage all states to spend their federal safety dollars on protecting vulnerable road users, while requiring some to do it based on a new rule buried in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
February 3, 2022
‘It Ain’t 94 Percent’: NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy Discusses the Role of Human Error in Car Crashes
For nearly a decade, countless transportation leaders across America have cited a misleading stat that 94 percent of car crashes are caused by “human error."
January 31, 2022
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy
The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, advocates said.
January 28, 2022
