The infrastructure law and safety: Will it be able to move the needle?
A street in Atlanta that could easily be Anywhere, USA. T4 America photo by Stephen Lee Davis.The new infrastructure law authorizes around $650 billion...
Behind the scenes on the rise in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and injuries
Driver expectations, higher speeds resulting from less congestion, major gaps in infrastructure, and a systemic criminalization of pedestrian and cyclist traffic on the road...
WATCH: Safety and vehicle speed are fundamentally opposed
Sometimes we have to see it to believe it. How would street design really look if we prioritized the safety of all road users?...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part I
Billions of dollars in new federal highway funding are flowing into road safety programs, so we wanted to review the research on which interventions...
Vision Zero won’t happen without Safe Streets for All
Signs like this one, while welcome, aren’t enough to lower the ever-climbing rate of pedestrian fatalities. Fortunately, localities have other resources to make on-the-ground...
Rising Fatalities a Sign to Modernize Federal Design Guidance
Over a month ago, on Monday, May 15, 2023, despite a statutory requirement in the IIJA to release, the FHWA failed to release the...
Pedestrian deaths are up by a staggering 75 percent since 2010
The 2024 edition of Dangerous by Design is out now, combining federal data with lived experience to unpack the connection between roadway design and...
Repealing jaywalking laws to refocus on street design
Washington could be the next state to repeal jaywalking laws. While the repeal could address racial and social justice issues, the effort could also...
Assessing safety for the most vulnerable road users
Flickr photo by Eric Allix RogersBeginning in November of 2023, Vulnerable Road User (VRU) safety assessments will be required as appendices or addendum to...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part III: The Seven E’s
Cities across the world are arriving at the same conclusion: the only acceptable number of pedestrian crash-related deaths is zero. How can state departments...
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