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If alders vote to allow drivers to speed by 9 mph, more Chicagoans will die
It's clear that the arguments for letting drivers speed by up to 9 mph over the limit are bogus. And if aldermen vote to do that, they'll have blood on their hands.
June 21, 2022
Study: We Can’t End Car Dependency Without Disincentivizing Driving
Motorists who live in auto-centric cities are generally far happier with their daily commutes than sustainable transportation advocates might assume, a new study finds.
June 20, 2022
Study: Black Cyclists Die 4.5x More Often Than White Cyclists
Black cyclists are more than four times more likely to die while riding a bike than White ones on a per mile basis, a new study finds.
June 14, 2022
Distracted driver killed Peter Paquette, 75, hours after nearby safe streets rally
A mile south of the starting point for that the Walk + Roll for Safe Streets demonstration, the site where Rafi Cardenas, 3, was killed earlier this month, yet another person was lost to traffic violence.
June 14, 2022
At huge rally, demands for safe streets: “Let two beautiful souls, Rafi and Lily, guide us.”
"This is our home... where we should be able to raise our families, where anyone can take a stroll, a bike ride, or ride their scooter without fearing the worst," said Rafi Cardenas' father at the demonstration. "It is evident that our streets are not safe."
June 13, 2022
Why Nearly A Fifth of Pedestrians Deaths Happen on Freeways — And How to Stop It
A surprising 17 percent of U.S. pedestrian deaths last year happened on roads where people theoretically should never be walking.
June 9, 2022
The 3 Secret Ingredients To Building Bike Networks Fast
A handful of cities across America are building out bike lane networks faster than ever — and the secret ingredient isn’t concrete and paint, but strong partnerships and even stronger public messaging, a new analysis argues.
June 6, 2022
Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than Electric Cars For Reaching Net Zero
Electric cars aren’t truly zero-carbon – mining the raw materials for their batteries, manufacturing them and generating the electricity they run on produces emissions.
June 3, 2022
OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles
The trend toward larger, more-menacing vehicles is so long-standing and ubiquitous that you might think we don’t have a choice in the matter. Well, we do.
June 2, 2022
Four Reasons that Pedestrian Deaths Just Hit a 40-Year High
Pedestrian death rates climbed to a 40-year high in 2021, but experts say the factors driving the national traffic violence crisis emerged far earlier.
May 26, 2022
