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Cycling advocate Juan Dominguez hospitalized after he called out driver blocking protected lane, passenger attacked him with crowbar
Note: This post includes a somewhat graphic image of a head injury.
April 27, 2025
Free 2 Move Coalition presents plan to eliminate pretextual stops, while increasing traffic safety
F2M has developed a plan to do away with pretextual traffic stops that disproportionately impact Black and Latino motorists.
November 21, 2023
Opinion: What Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal About America’s Culture of Violence
American news outlets exploded with headlines about two eerily similar mass killings in Texas over the weekend. Both assailants killed eight people each. Both used weapons that advocates have fought for years to regulate because they are uniquely capable of killing large numbers of people in moments: the AR-15 rifle and the SUV.
May 9, 2023
Last week was an especially deadly one for Chicago traffic violence
Between Sunday, November 27, and Saturday, December 3, there were 1,731 reported traffic crashes in Chicago.
December 7, 2022
What will it take for Chicago’s traffic safety to course correct?
2022 saw a higher number of cyclist and pedestrian deaths than previous years. Chicago has still failed to take substantive action on traffic safety. What will it take?
November 17, 2022
WBEZ retracts claim that speed cams “don’t slow down” drivers, have “little safety benefit”
It's not surprising when right-wing publications run garbage articles about traffic cameras. But it's disappointing when progressive news outlets approach this issue with a windshield POV.
June 28, 2022
CDOT marked World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims with a TV program
The Waukesha SUV murders made this year's observation of the memorial event particularly salient.
November 24, 2021
Archer Heights group: Traffic cams are needed to address traffic violence epidemic
"Looking the other way on speeding, or claiming that enforcing the speed limit is a cash grab, sends the message that deadly speeding is no big deal – and that our neighborhoods can be ignored."
March 5, 2021
132 Pairs of White Shoes Were a Sobering Reminder of Lives Lost to Traffic Violence
CDOT placed the footwear in Federal Plaza this weekend to honor the 132 people who were killed in Chicago crashes last year.
November 19, 2018
